{"id":268,"date":"2020-09-01T19:32:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knowledge.webafrica.co.za\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=268"},"modified":"2020-09-01T19:32:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T19:32:30","slug":"how-to-setup-an-email-account-on-apple-mail","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/knowledge.webafrica.co.za\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/how-to-setup-an-email-account-on-apple-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Setup An Email Account On Apple Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Launch Apple Mail.<\/li><li>Select&nbsp;<strong>File<\/strong>&nbsp;and click&nbsp;<strong>Add Account<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Enter your&nbsp;<strong>name, email address<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>password<\/strong>&nbsp;as per your setup in the control panel then click&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Enter your&nbsp;<strong>incoming server type<\/strong>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<strong>IMAP<\/strong>&nbsp;and click&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li><li><strong>Incoming Mail Server:<\/strong>&nbsp;type in your mail server address (For example&nbsp;<em><strong>mail.webafrica.org.za<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;if you&#8217;re using a free Webafrica email address)<\/li><li>If you are not sure of your incoming mail server for a different provider, please contact your email provider<\/li><li><strong>User Name:<\/strong>&nbsp;Your full email address.<\/li><li><strong>Password:<\/strong>&nbsp;Your email address password and click Continue.<\/li><li>If the Incoming Mail Security screen appears,&nbsp;<strong>leave Use Secure Socket Layer unticked<\/strong>&nbsp;and click&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li><li>In the&nbsp;<strong>outgoing mail server,&nbsp;<\/strong>type in your mail server address (for example,&nbsp;<em><strong>mail.webafrica.org.za<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;if you&#8217;re using a free Webafrica email address) and enable authentication in the next step<\/li><li>If you&#8217;re using a Webafrica internet connection, you can use&nbsp;<strong>smtp.wa.co.za<\/strong>&nbsp;without any authentication, skipping the next step and ensure that the Use Authentication checkbox is ticked and click \u2018Continue\u2019.<\/li><li>Enter your&nbsp;<strong>username<\/strong>&nbsp;and password then click&nbsp;<strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li><li>If the Outgoing Mail Security screen appears,&nbsp;<strong>leave Use Secure Socket Layer unticked<\/strong>&nbsp;and click Continue.<\/li><li>View the account summary and click&nbsp;<strong>Create<\/strong>. Ticking the&nbsp;<strong>\u2018Take my account online\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;checkbox will ensure that your account is activated immediately.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please note: All Webafrica deals and packages are subject to change without notification. These include our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/legal\/\">terms and conditions<\/a>&nbsp;as it relates to costs and deal\/package structures for all of our service providers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launch Apple Mail. Select&nbsp;File&nbsp;and click&nbsp;Add Account. Enter your&nbsp;name, email address&nbsp;and&nbsp;password&nbsp;as per your setup in the control panel then click&nbsp;Continue. Enter your&nbsp;incoming server type&nbsp;as&nbsp;IMAP&nbsp;and click&nbsp;Continue. Incoming Mail Server:&nbsp;type in your mail server address (For example&nbsp;mail.webafrica.org.za&nbsp;if you&#8217;re using a free Webafrica email address) If you are not sure of your incoming mail&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[413],"ht-kb-tag":[239,421,296,414,416,423,422,417],"class_list":["post-268","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-email-setup","ht_kb_tag-apple-mac","ht_kb_tag-apple-mail","ht_kb_tag-email-address","ht_kb_tag-imap","ht_kb_tag-incoming-server","ht_kb_tag-outgoing-port","ht_kb_tag-setup","ht_kb_tag-smtp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How To Setup An Email Account On Apple Mail - Webafrica Knowledgebase<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/knowledge.webafrica.co.za\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/how-to-setup-an-email-account-on-apple-mail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How To Setup An Email Account On Apple Mail - Webafrica Knowledgebase\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Launch Apple Mail. 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