Setting up mail on a MacBook. Choosing the best email client for iPhone and Mac

The safety of working in the Apple Mail program can only be guaranteed if its version is 3.1 or higher, and if . If Apple Mail version is 3.0 or lower, or if version operating system Mac OS X 10.5 or lower, then it is not safe to use it. We recommend installing mail client newer version.

Configure via IMAP protocol

1. Open the Mail app on macOS.

2. If you already have another mail configured in your application, go to “File” → “Add Account”.

3. Select "Another Mail account...".

2. Fill in the fields:

3. Click “Login” - automatic program setup will begin.

If an error occurred during setup, enter the following information:

After successful setup, your mailbox will open.

5. Go to “Mail” → “Settings...”.

7. In the “Account Properties” tab, uncheck the “Configure connection settings automatically” in the “Incoming mail server (IMAP)” and “Outgoing mail server (SMTP)” sections.

Fields for editing ports will appear.

8. Edit the ports:

Configure via POP3 protocol

To configure the Apple Mail email program via POP3 protocol:

1. In the top panel, in the “File” menu, select “Add account...”;

2. On the page, enter the data:

• “Full name” - enter the name that will be displayed in the “From:” field for all sent messages;
• “E-mail address” - enter full name your mailbox in the format [email protected] ;
• “Password” - specify incorrect mailbox password so that the mail client does not implement automatic setup via IMAP protocol.

Click Continue.

3. On the page that opens, enter the data:

Click Continue.

4. On the page that opens, enter the data:

• Outgoing mail server - smtp.mail.ru;
• Check the box next to “Use. only this server";
• Check the box next to “Use authentication”;
• Username - the full name of your mailbox in the format [email protected] ;
• Password—the current password for your mailbox.

Click Continue.

5. Go to “Mail” - “Settings...”

6. Go to the “Account Properties” tab in the “Account” section and in the drop-down list opposite “Original Server.” mail (SMTP)" select "Edit. list of SMTP servers..."

7. Select "Use a custom port" and enter 465.

Check the box next to “Use SSL” and select “Password” from the “Authentication” drop-down list.

Click OK.

8. Go to the Add-ons tab. Next to the “Port:” item, enter 995 and check the box next to “Use SSL”.

If you want messages downloaded by the mail program not to be deleted from the server, uncheck the box next to “Delete a copy from the server after receiving a message.”

Change SSL settings

Safety of work in the program Apple Mail can only be guaranteed if its version is 3.1 or higher, and ifit is installed on the computer under Mac control OS X 10.5.1 and higher. If your Apple Mail version is 3.0 or lower, or your operating system versionMac OS X 10.5 or lower,then it is not safe to use it. We recommend installing a newer version of your email client.

To set up your email Apple program Mail via secure SSL protocol:

If the above settings are already installed in your email program, then no changes need to be made.

If you have problems setting up your email program, use our

Mac Mail is a standard email client for MacOS. It comes pre-installed in every Mac computer. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to set up mail in Mac Mail and add your email account there.

NOTE! This guide is based on Mac versions Mail 9.3, however, the adding process should not be much different from other versions of the mail client.

Before you start this guide, you will need the following:

• Mac Mail client
• Active email account
• Your personal email details

Step 1 - Gathering the necessary information

Before you can set up your email in Mac Mail, you need to obtain your email details and password. The steps below show where to find the necessary information in the control panel Hostinger.

If you cannot remember the password for your account, in the same section you can easily reset it by clicking the button Change Password.

Follow these steps to collect data from cPanel hosting:

Log into your hosting account and follow the further instructions:

1. Login to cPanel, scroll down the page and find the icon located in the section E-mail.

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1. After entering the tab Accounts email, press Set up an email client.

IMPORTANT! At this point, you should already have an email account created in cPanel.

If you have forgotten your password, reset it by clicking the button Password in section Mail accounts.

Step 2 - How to Set Up Mail and Add an Account in Mac Mail

Once you have all the information you need to set up your mail, start setting up your Mac Mail email client:

1. Open the launcher by pressing the button F4, enter Mail in the search and click on it.

1. Click on Mail and select Add an accountb.

1. In the new pop-up window, select Add another email account. Next, click the button Continue.

1. Enter your email account details and click the button Login.

1. Mac Mail will try to log into your account. There is a high probability that it will display an error message with the following text Unable to verify account name and password. This error is standard because the email client cannot access the email subdomain and will ask you to enter the mail server details manually:

• Email address– the email address for which you want to set up Mac Mail.
• Username– username used to log in mail server. If you leave the field blank, the email client will try to retrieve it automatically.
• Account type– you can choose between IMAP And POP. It is recommended to choose IMAP because this protocol is more secure and has better performance.
• Incoming mail server– enter the address of the incoming mail server from Step 1. For example, site users in this field must enter mx1.site.
• Outgoing mail server– enter the name of the outgoing mail server from Step 1. Enter this server mx1.site, if you are a user of the site.

Once you are done filling out all the required information, click the button Login.

1. If the information you entered is correct, the sign-in process should be successful and Mac Mail will ask you to select applications to use with your account. Select the applications that are convenient for you and press the button Ready.

Conclusion

If you are one of those people who love to read their mail using desktop applications, then this guide is for you. By finishing this tutorial, you have learned how to set up email in Mac Mail and correctly add a new account. You also learned how to find your email account information.

If you, like me, are no longer able to use the standard Mail client (especially on OS X Yosemite), then you will find it useful to familiarize yourself with three alternative email clients, especially since some of them are completely free.

Yes, yes, the same Sparrow, so popular in 2012. The company was subsequently absorbed by the search giant Google, but small updates still continue to be released.

There is nothing superfluous here: on the left are incoming letters, on the right are tools for viewing a specific letter. Convenient access to “Favorites”, “Trash” and other tabs, as well as simplicity and conciseness make Sparrow one of best solutions in the region. The Lite version is distributed free of charge; for the full version you will have to pay 699 rubles. You can download it from this or this link.

The letter window can be placed on the right or completely separately - in case you always don’t have enough time free space on the desktop.

Name:
Publisher/Developer:
Price: 599 rub.
In-app purchases: No
Compatibility: For OS X
Link: Install

Inky

Inky has a cool system for sorting incoming emails by relevance, so processing correspondence is very simple. It automatically divides emails into groups - e.g. social media, letters from colleagues and others. A nice addition is the presence of a single login for authorization - you can use your account on any Mac without any problems.

Ideal for large quantities of mail that must always be sorted. Available completely free of charge.

Name: Inky
Publisher/Developer: Inky Inc.
Price: For free
In-app purchases: No
Compatibility: For OS X
Link: Install

There's a reason I left this client for last, as I've been using it successfully for the past few months. We are talking specifically about version 1.0, since (in my opinion) version 2.0 is still “damp” for comfortable use: elements do not work correctly, letters are sent every other time, and so on.

A completely different matter is version 1.0, which works stably with all mail services (including Yandex) and has convenient tools to read mail from multiple accounts. The standard Mail email client is clearly smoking nervously on the sidelines.

Personally, I was captivated by Airmail's design, although Airmail 2.0 is much better in this regard. It is impossible to find the first version now, I advise you to search on the Internet. But the second version can be downloaded easily. Try it, maybe you'll like it?

Name:
Publisher/Developer: Bloop
Price: 599 rub.
In-app purchases: No
Compatibility: For OS X
Link: Install

If you use another email client on Mac or Windows that you're really excited about, please share it with everyone in the comments.

The chief editor of the site, Mikk Sid, asked me to recommend him a normal email client. He’s long been tired of standard Mail, but he really doesn’t want to trust his work correspondence to an application he’s put together on his knee. Does it make sense to change something?

To answer his question, I took branded email clients from Apple, Google and Microsoft, as well as a couple third party applications top developers. I pitted them against each other and found a favorite, which is separately noted at the end of the article.

Each of these email clients turns emails into tasks, guarantees the security of correspondence, and provides access to a number of useful features. But which one should you choose?

"Mail" is Apple's standard email client

Advantages: included in the device out of the box, copes with most tasks.

Flaws: No additional functions, suffers from notification problems.

It's a pity, but I don't have official statistics on the popularity of email clients for iPhone and Mac. However, experience suggests that it is the standard application that is used most often.

After a short setup, you can use it to create and send email with text, photos and other files immediately after you take the device out of the box.

Mail is an excellent email client that really deserves your attention. But he has there are not a number of really useful features, which will be useful to all those who need electronics to solve work problems.

In "Mail" I feel the most Smart filter missing for incoming letters. I would like all the useless spam that comes to me very often not to end up in the main directory.

Other users are complaining about the inability to snooze and schedule incoming letter. This useful opportunity allows you to remind you of the presence of a received message at a suitable time - for example, on weekdays.

And the standard email client has always had problems with Push notifications. I don’t know what this is connected with, but letters most often arrive with a long delay, and this is inconvenient.

• Download from App Store (for free)
• Built into macOS(for free)

Inbox - Google's proprietary email service

Advantages: clear message preview and cool smart filter.

Flaws: not suitable for third party email services, no normal application for Mac.

If you actively use Gmail, a branded email may be a good choice for you. Google service called Inbox.

For some reason, only this company thought of doing normal email preview: Show text, photos and other files immediately in the feed. All other solutions are extremely bad at this - usually a simple uninformative strip with a letter.

Inbox coolly filters incoming emails and separates important messages from useless junk in an intelligent way.

However, Inbox also has a number of disadvantages that Google company I did it on purpose. For me the biggest one is no Mac app. On a computer you have to use the web version, and this is inconvenient.

Personally, I use Gmail, so mobile device Inbox would be enough for me. But everyone else postal services remain practically extinct, and their fans need to look for an alternative.

And Google is too reluctant to optimize its programs for any new iOS capabilities and iPhone in principle, and this is also a big minus of this application.

• Download from App Store (for free)
• Web version for Mac (for free)

Outlook - Microsoft's all-in-one application

Advantages: in the same style as other Microsoft products, additional features organizer

Flaws: in the same style as other Microsoft products, overloaded with organizer capabilities.

Among my acquaintances are dozens of users who prefer this to all other applications. Microsoft Outlook. What unites them all love for the company's software ecosystem, and active use of Office on Mac.

Outlook has an interface that is familiar to such users and a full set of all the necessary features, so I see no reason not to use it in this case.

However, I don’t know a single person who would use this email client separately from Office - there are only a few of them.

Microsoft has tried to turn Outlook from a simple email client into a real one. business tool with organizer capabilities and built a calendar, tasks and notes into it.

On the one hand, it's convenient. If you really use email a lot for work purposes, this all-in-one tool will definitely come in handy.

But on the other hand, Outlook is too functional and clumsy. I have long been accustomed to the fact that such combines are clumsy, and separate programs for each task are much more effective.

• Download from App Store (for free)
• Download from Mac App Store (Office 365 subscription)

AirMail isn't a cheap winner at the Apple Design Awards

Advantages: Stylish minimalistic design, plenty of additional features.

Flaws: frequent malfunctions that appear at the most inopportune moment.

In 2017, the AirMail app became Apple Design Award winner. And this is not surprising, because the developers managed to make a truly functional email client for all occasions.

On the one hand, it has the simplest, minimalist interface without unnecessary control elements, which most often only distract from regular work tasks.

On the other hand, the developer managed to fit into this interface the full range of capabilities necessary for even the most advanced users.

This is the application I have been using for the past months, and I have never been embarrassed by its cost, even if there is a whole set of free analogues.

However, according to unknown reason AirMail is the one that fails me at the most inopportune moment. At times the application it just refuses to work properly, and this can only be solved by completely restarting the computer.

For example, the last time the program simply did not want to attach several documents to a letter in PDF format, which I urgently needed to send to my colleagues. So I had to say goodbye to him.

• Download from App Store (379 rub.)
• Download from Mac App Store (RUB 749)

Spark is a free email program that I use now

Advantages: advanced email filter, simple interface, separate menu for attachments.

Flaws: an obvious overload of features that sometimes becomes distracting.

A Ukrainian development company called Readdle is responsible for creating the Spark email client. Although it can be called Ukrainian only with a big stretch, because the head office of the studio has long been located in San Jose, USA.

You may know it from a number of useful office applications for every day, including universal mobile file manager Documents, the advanced calendar Calendars 5 and the cool pocket scanner Scanner Pro.

Spark really makes it possible look at email in a new way, and it hasn’t let me down yet.

For all users of any computer, no matter for work or personal purposes, it is necessary e-mail. For Apple fans, it will be important to find out how it goes setting up mail on MacBook.

Getting started

Before all settings you need to bind your mailboxes to the mail client. By default this is done as follows.

1. Let's go to settings.
2. Next, “Internet Accounts.”
3. Then we select the box you need and add it to the client. Let's say you have Yandex mail. We choose Yandex. Enter your username and password. After that, it appears in the list, which is located on the left side.

That's it, synchronization was successful! This way you can link an unlimited number of mailboxes.

Mail settings

The first stage has been completed. After that, we go to the mail itself. By default, on the left side there are inbox, VIP, marked, sent, spam, trash, mailboxes. Letters can be viewed separately for each mailbox (if you have several of them) or all together. You can set a filter. When enabled, only unread messages will be visible.

VIP is a very useful thing. These are addresses that have been added to, so to speak, “favorites.” When receiving emails from such addresses, Push notifications will pop up. The top menu is completely identical to the side menu. In the upper left corner there is a button to force mail checking. Next to it there is a button for writing and then sending a letter.

We've sorted out the basics, let's go to settings. We go into the settings and the first thing we see is the default email client. Next comes the verification setup. It can be automatic, every 5, 15, 30 minutes or manually. Manually – only when you start the program will new messages arrive. Then we set up the message sound. Select the downloads folder - the place where the attached files will be saved. Next, go to the text color and font settings. Customize everything for yourself. Set the message format - it is better to choose “plain text”. Then set up a signature - this is the text that will be displayed at the end of each letter. If desired, you can customize the control panel by simply dragging and dropping icons. All, mail on MacBook ready!