Step-by-step instructions for configuring your e-mail account in Apple Mail Monterey. If you have created an e-mail address in the Hostpoint Control Panel, you can configure this account in your Apple Mail.
E-mail account administration
- Click “Mail” and then select “Accounts” from the file menu to manage your e-mail accounts. Select “Add Account”.
Configuration
- Select “New Account” and proceed through the steps.
- First enter a name for this account. This name will be displayed in the account list.
- Enter your full e-mail address and the corresponding password in the field below.
- After that click “Sign In”.
→ Usually the error message “Account name/password could not be verified” now appears.
- Enter the full e-mail address in “User Name” and the corresponding password in the field below.
- Enter the full e-mail address in “User Name” and the corresponding password in the field below.
- Account Type: IMAP or POP. If you are not certain choose IMAP.
- Enter imap.mail.hostpoint.ch as “Incoming Mail Server” or account type IMAP or pop.mail.hostpoint.ch for account type POP3.
- Enter asmtp.mail.hostpoint.ch as “Outgoing Mail Server”.
Finish
- Click “Sign In” to set up your account and then “Continue” to complete the setup process.
Optional configuration
Also check whether the correct port is entered in the settings (“Mail” > “Settings” > “Accounts” > “Server settings”):
| Account and connection type | Port |
|---|---|
| IMAP with SSL | 993 |
| IMAP without SSL / mit TLS | 143 |
| POP3 with SSL | 995 |
| POP3 without SSL / mit TLS | 110 |
| SMTP with SSL | 465 |
| SMTP without SSL / mit TLS | 587 |
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