
Note the settings shown by the red arrows. This will open this window.Īgain, click on your account. The red arrow points to “Automatically manage connection settings”.

When you’ve completed the fields, click Connect Account. This will open this window.Ĭhoose “Edit SMTP Server list (red arrow).Ĭlick on your mail account (again, I’ve chosen Btinternet). Outgoing Mail (SMTP) server should be Port should be set to 465 Do not check Allow insecure SSL In username, enter the full username for the account you’re adding email protected In the password field, enter the password for this account.

This brings you back to the window you had before.Ĭlick on Account (red arrow). This may need to be checked, though it usually isn’t. Then look at the “Allow insecure authentication. Next, Click on “Advanced IMAP Settings which will bring up this window. If checked, you might consider unchecking them and vice versa. The red arrows point to settings that are usually checked as in my case but sometimes unchecking these will sort things out. This will bring up a window as in this screenshot.Ĭlick on the mail account that you have on the left (in my case, I’ve chosen Btinternet. Clearly, I don’t know what settings your email provider settings are, but I can suggest, by means of these screenshots, where you might look for settings that can be changed.įirstly, Open Mail, then Mail Preferences (keyboard shortcut is Command plus comma). So below are a series of screenshots which may help.

Have been given excellent advice but I know how difficult it is to hack your way through the jungle of settings within Mail accounts.
