How to set up your Apple Mail manually

I. How to manually set up your mailbox

When you’re manually setting up your mailbox, make sure that you’re using the right logins (Email,password,hostname etc).
In order to set up your Mac, you have to :
1.Click on Settings --> Mail --> Accounts --> Add Account.
2.Once you’ve done all that, you’ll arrive on a page that looks like this and you’ll have to click on « Other » --> « Add Mail Account ».

1. Enter your name, email address, password and the description will automatically add itself.
2. Click on « Next », afterwards you'll have to enter the correct settings to proceed the configuration of your account.
3. If you’ve entered everything correctly the mail will find your settings and all you’ll have to do is click on « Next », so you can be able to finalize the set up.

Your configuration suppose to look like this : Name : The email that is assigned on your platform (DirectAdmin or Plesk) Email : The email you’ve assigned in « Name » Description : fills in automatically

II. Entering your account settings manually

If "Mail" cannot find your email settings, you must enter them manually. Click on next, then do the following : Select IMAP or POP for your new account. If you are not sure which option to select, contact your email provider. Enter the receiving server and sending server information. Then touch Next. If you do not have this information, try searching for it (on the messaging service that you're using). If your email settings are correct, touch "Save" to complete the configuration. If your email settings are incorrect, you will be prompted to change them. Once you’ve entered the information, it suppose to look like this :

To modify the (POP or IMAP) you have to click on « Advanced » and to modify the SMTP Port you have to click on SMTP.