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Apple Mail on the Mac: setting up your email

For macOS 13 Ventura and newer (System Settings). You need your email address and the password of your mailbox; everything else is below.

  1. Open Internet Accounts

    Click the Apple menu, then System Settings and Internet Accounts. Click Add Account.

  2. Choose another account

    At the bottom choose Add Other Account and then Mail account.

  3. 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.

  4. Enter the servers

    Mail asks for 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.

  5. Choose what you want to use

    Leave Mail ticked and click Done. Mail chooses the ports (993 and 465) itself.

All details at a glance

ServerPortSecurity
Incoming (IMAP)imap.migadu.com993SSL/TLS
Outgoing (SMTP)smtp.migadu.com465SSL/TLS

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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