1. Open Mail (click it on the Dock or open it from the Applications folder).
2. If the "Welcome to Mail" assistant does not appear, choose Add Account from the File menu.
3. Fill in the Full Name, Email address, and Password fields.
   

   Note: Your email account password will be stored in Keychain and used automatically to login to your email account when you open Mail.

4. Deselect "Automatically set up account" if it is enabled. Click Continue to proceed.
5. Choose the proper Account Type. Supported (POP3 or IMAP)
6. Give your account a useful description, such as "Anne's Gmail account" or "Juan's Yahoo! email account". It can be called whatever you want.
7. Enter your Incoming Mail Server, User Name and Password. Click on Continue to proceed.
   Mail Server: usually it will be mail.yourdomainname.com
   User Name: this is your whole email address you created in your control panel.
   Password: this is the password you selected when creating your email account.
8. If prompted, enter your Incoming Mail Security settings. Click Continue to proceed.
9. For Outgoing Mail Server, a useful description such as "My Hosting Mail Server".
10. Enter the Outgoing Mail Server details.
11. If necessary, select "Use Authentication" and enter your User Name and Password. Click Continue to proceed.
    Mail Server: usually it will be mail.yourdomainname.com
    User Name: this is your whole email address you created in your control panel.
    Password: this is the password you selected when creating your email account.
12. If prompted, enter your Outgoing Mail Security settings. Click Continue to proceed.
13. Verify your settings in the Account Summary. Check "Take account online". Click "Create" to complete the process.

After completing these steps you should be able to send and receive email via this account. If you can't send or receive emails that means your ISP is most likely blocking your Outgoing Mail server port 25 (default). You can change that port to 26 if you have Linux hosting with us or to port 465 if you have Windows hosting with us.

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