Configuring Apple Mail

Apple Mail, commonly referred to as "Mail", is the default email client installed within the Mac OS X operating system.

Adding your email account in Apple Mail requires an incoming and outgoing mail server configuration, following the steps below you should be able to easily configure your new email accounts.

Finding and Setting Your Preferences

Open Apple Mail on your Mac and then in the menu bar click on "Mail", then click on "Preferences".

Adding an Account

Clicking on "Preferences" will open up a small dialogue box illustrated below, you will need to click on the "Accounts" icon.

To add your email account details you will need to click on the "+" icon in the bottom left. Once clicked you will be asked to enter your account details.

• Full Name: Enter your full name here, this will be seen by your recipients when they receive email from you.
• Email Address: Enter your new email address, these will have been provided for you by The Property Jungle.
• Password: Enter your email account password, this will also have been provided for you by The Property Jungle.

Click on "Continue" and you will move on to setting up your "Incoming Mail Server"

Adding an Incoming Email Server

The email accounts that The Property Jungle supply work via "POP" (Post Office Protocol). Adding the details supplied to you will add an incoming mail server within Apple Mail

• Account Type: As explained above, the email accounts provided use POP so this will need to stay as it is.
• Description: Description is for your reference so you can easily differentiate between email accounts if you have more than one set-up already. We advise that you name the new account after your business for easy reference.
• Incoming Mail Server: This field is where you specifically add your incoming mail server with the details provided by The Property jungle.
• Username: Your individual username(s) will have been provided for you and simply add it within this field.
• Password: Your password(s) will also be provided for you by The Property Jungle and you will need to enter it within this field.

Click on "Continue" to proceed to setting up your "Outgoing Mail Server".

Adding an Outgoing Email Server

Now that you can receive email, we need to configure your outgoing email server.

• Description: Description is for your reference so you can easily differentiate between email accounts if you have more than one set-up already. We advise that you name the new account after your business for easy reference.
• Outgoing Mail Server: This field is where you specifically add your outgoing mail server with the details provided by The Property jungle.
• Use only this server: Recommended you keep this ticked as it will make Mail specifically use it for this new account.
• Use Authentication: This is required.

Account Summary

This final step is just a confirmation of the details entered, providing everything is correctly entered you can just click on "Create" and you should have a fully functional email account set up within Apple Mail.

Verify Certificate Warnings

At some stage when setting up your email account(s) you may encounter a "Verify Certificate" dialogue box. This is nothing to be overly concerned about, the reason you might be receiving this is because your email account is set-up on a shared hosting server and this warning is just alerting you to the fact. We don't pry on your emails.

Just click on "Connect" and your account will function normally.