Set Up Your Email in
Mail on a Mac

Open the Mail app from your Dock or Launchpad.

1. If this is the very first account on the Mac, the provider list appears on its own.
2. If you already have email set up, click Mail in the menu bar at the top of the screen, then Add Account…
3. Scroll to the bottom and choose Other Mail Account…
4. Click Continue.

Fill in the three boxes:

1. Name — how you want your name to appear to people receiving your email.
2. Email Address — your full address, including the part after the @.
3. Password — the password we gave you.

Click Sign In.

The Mac now shows more boxes. Fill them in exactly:

1. User Name — your full email address, not just the bit before the @. This trips most people up.
2. Account Type — choose IMAP.
3. Incoming Mail Server — mail.yourdomain.co.za
4. Outgoing Mail Server — the same again, mail.yourdomain.co.za

Click Sign In.

Make sure Mail is ticked. You can leave Notes unticked — it is not part of your email service and only adds clutter.

Click Done.

Receiving is only half of it — always check that sending works too.

1. Click the compose button (the square with a pencil).
2. Send an email to your own address.
3. It should arrive within a minute or two.

If it arrives, you are done — both directions are working.