Sometimes users of ISP based email accounts may need to configure mail settings manually still, so if you’re having difficulty with something like a Comcast, Cox, or Charter email address then you may need to get the necessary mail servers from the ISP and input those manually (they are almost always in the form of “”).

You can also use this to create an email address if you want one.Įarlier versions of Mac OS required a bit more setup to configure email on the Mac, including inputting mail servers, but generally speaking those settings are almost always auto-filled now as the Mail app is smart enough to be able to detect and set the servers for most common email accounts and email services, including for iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, Outlook, MobileMe and Mac.com, and plenty of other services too. If that’s the case, just follow the instructions on screen since you won’t need to manually setup a new email account in Mail. * Note if you have launched the Mail app on the Mac for the first time, it will often solicit you to setup an email account immediately. If you have added more than one email account, you will likely find it useful to set your default email account so that emails are being sent from the account you’d like to send them to by default, and since this setup is using the Mail app you likely want to be sure that the default email app is set to Mail on the computer too. The Mail app for Mac will auto-detect settings and configure the email account to use on the Mac.

That’s it, your new email account will be added to Mail on the Mac and configured to use.

Input your name, email address, and the password to the email address and sign-in.

Select the email service you want to add a new email account for from the list, if the email account service is not listed choose “Add other Mail Account”.

Pull down the “Mail” menu and choose “Add Account”.

This will add a new email account to Mail app, the default email client in Mac OS: Configuration is the same on virtually every vaguely new release of Mac system software, whether it’s macOS or Mac OS X. Technically you can add many email accounts to the Mail app if you want to, there is no small limitation on the number of accounts that can be configured within the app. You can use this to add another email account to Mail on Mac, setup a new email account, or even add a fresh email account that has never been used before. This guide will walk through the process of adding an email account to the Mac so that it can be checked, managed, and used from the Mail app.

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