Setting up Mac Mail

Below is a video outlining how to set up and access your emails using Mac Mail, which you can also view here. Below this video are written instructions.

1. Open Mac Mail and click on the Mail menu item, then click on Preferences.
2. Click on the Accounts tab, then click the + icon.
3. Select Other Mail Account and click Continue.
4. Enter your name, email address, and password. Click Sign in.
5. Ensure the Account Type is set to IMAP
6. Enter the Incoming Mail Server as mx1.sitehost.co.nz and ensure no empty spaces or lines are copied across
7. Enter the Outgoing Mail Server as mx1.sitehost.co.nz and ensure no empty spaces or lines are copied across
8. Click Sign in.
9. Select the apps you wish to use with the account, ensuring Mail is selected (it should be by default), then click Done.
10. Send yourself a test email to be sure that the emails reach your inbox.
11. Optional steps below – if you wish to set the ‘Sent’ folder
12. Open Mac Mail and click on the Mail menu item, then click on Preferences.
13. Click on the Accounts tab
14. Click on the account you wish to edit
15. Go to the Mailbox Behaviours tab
16. Under Sent Mailbox select a folder from the dropdown list, there should be one labeled as ‘Sent’ which you can select.
17. Optionally you can repeat this step for the Drafts, Junk, and Bin folders.

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