Apple Mail on an older Mac: setting up your email
For macOS 12 Monterey and older (System Preferences). You need your email address and the password of your mailbox; everything else is below.
Open Internet Accounts
Click the Apple menu, then System Preferences and Internet Accounts.
Choose another account
Scroll down in the list on the right, click Add Other Account and choose Mail account.
Enter name, address and password
Name: as recipients see it. Email address: your full email address. Password: the one for your mailbox. Click Sign In.
Enter the servers
Username: your full email address. Account type: IMAP. Incoming mail server: imap.migadu.com. Outgoing mail server: smtp.migadu.com. Click Sign In.
Done
Leave Mail ticked and click Done.
All details at a glance
| Server | Port | Security | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incoming (IMAP) | imap.migadu.com | 993 | SSL/TLS |
| Outgoing (SMTP) | smtp.migadu.com | 465 | SSL/TLS |
- Username: your full email address, for both incoming and outgoing.
- Password: the password of your mailbox. We don't know it; if you have lost it, we send you a link to choose a new one.
- Account type: IMAP. Then you see the same folders and messages on every device.
- Webmail: without setting anything up you can also read and send your email at webmail.modexsoftware.nl. Log in with your full email address and your password; leave the field for the verification code empty.
Buttons sometimes have slightly different names per version than here; the details you fill in are always the same. If it doesn't work, first check that your password is right by logging in to the webmail.
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