Apple Mail/Mac Mail is the default email client that comes with every Mac using OS X 10.0 or later. This article will show you how to configure your Mail application to access email from FlockMail.
Follow the steps given below to successfully configure FlockMail to your Apple/Mac Mail.
1. Open Mail and "Add account" from the main menu.
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2. Select Add Other Mail Account and click Continue.
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3. Enter your Login credentials and click create/continue/Sign in.
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- Your Full Name, or as you would like it to appear on your sent email
- Enter your Email Address.
- Enter your email account's password.
- Click the Sign In button.
4. Enter server settings like incoming and outgoing server:
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IMAP |
Email address : Your Flockmail address eg: jack@<domainName> Password : Your Flockmail password Incoming Server : imap.flockmail.com Outgoing Server : smtp.flockmail.com |
POP |
Email address : Your Flockmail address eg: jack@<domainName> Password : Your Flockmail password Incoming Server : pop.flockmail.com Outgoing Server : smtp.flockmail.com |
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And voila you are done! On the next screen, you will see your inboxes and a banner which says mailboxes sync :)
alert-warning | However, you might come across an issue like this where it shows your connectivity status as - "Offline" |
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- How to overcome this issue?
- Close Mail if it's open now.
- Click the Apple menu (upper left corner of your screen) > System Preferences > Internet Accounts.
- Select the account with the broken outgoing mail server, and then click the minus sign at the bottom.
- Reboot your Mac.
- Click the Apple menu > System Preferences > Internet Accounts.
- Click Google, and sign in to your Flockmail based account again.
If you still face any issues do write to us at support@flockmail.com and we will assist you with it further.