Apple Mail

Email Set-Up

This brief walk-through will show you how to setup/configure your Seanet account in Mac Mail 5.

  1. Open mail then click on the file menu, then “Add Account”.
  2. Fill out your information then click “Continue”. Full name is the name poeple will see when you email them. Email address is your Seanet email address. Password is the Password associated with your Seanet address.
  3. Enter your information:

    Account type POP
    Description Seanet
    Incoming mail server pop.seanet.com
    User Name Your Seanet email address
    Password The password associated with your Seanet address
    Then click the “Continue” button.
  4. Select “Password” then click “Continue”.
  5. Description is Seanet. Outgoing mail server is mx.seanet.com. Check the “Use Authentication” box. Username is your Seanet email address. Password is the password associated with that address. Click the “Continue” button.
  6. Click on the “Create” button.

Success! You should now be able to send and receive mail using Mac Mail 5.

If you need to configure your existing account or if your newly created account isn’t working. Follow the next few steps to verify you have all of the information entered correctly.

  1. Click on the Mail menu, then click on “Preferences”.
  2. Click on the “Accounts” tab.
  3. Select your account in the box on the left then verify your information is correct.

    Description Seanet
    Email Address Your Seanet Email Address
    Full Name The name you want people to see when you email them
    Incoming Mail Server pop.seanet.com
    Username Your Seanet Email Address
    Password The password associated with your Seanet address
    Outgoing Mail Server/th> mx.seanet.com
    After verifying that information, click on the “Advanced” tab.
  4. Verify that the port is set to 110 and authentication is set to password.

    Note: If you intend on using this email account on more than one device or computer, check the box “Remove copy from server after retrieving a message” and select “after one week” in the dropdown.

    Next click on the “Account Information” tab.

  5. Click on the “Outgoing Mail Server” dropdown and select “Edit SMTP Server List”.
  6. Under account information make sure the “Server Name” is mx.seanet.com then click on the “Advanced” button.
  7. Select the option to “Use custom port” and type 587 in the box then click the “OK” button.
  8. Click the red dot in the upper left hand corner.

You should now be able to send and receive email using your Seanet account with Mac Mail 5.