Configure Apple Mail

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1. Enable POP in your mail account.
2. Open Apple Mail.
3. Click 'Mail,' and select 'Preferences...'
   
4. Open the 'Accounts' tab, and click the plus sign (+) along the bottom to add a new account.
   
5. Enter 'pop.gmail.com' in the 'Incoming Mail Server:' field.
6. Enter your full email address (ex.: 'chris@mydomain.com') in the 'User Name:' field.
7. Enter your password in the 'Password:' field.
   
8. Select 'Add Server...' from the pop-up labeled 'Outgoing Mail Server,' and enter 'smtp.gmail.com' in the 'Outgoing Mail Server:' field.
9. Enter '587' in the 'Server port:' field.
   
10. Check the box next to 'Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).'
11. Select 'Password' next to 'Authentication:' and enter your full email address (ex.: 'chris@mydomain.com') and password.
12. Click 'OK.'
13. Click 'Advanced' and check the box next to 'Use SSL.' (The port changes to '995.')
    

• Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling POP? in your mail account? To ensure that your account can communicate with your mail client, be sure to click 'Save Changes' on the 'Mail Settings' page.

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