How to set up your email address in Mail for macOS
Want to be able to send and receive emails at your Porkbun-hosted email address? If you're a Mac user and you're using Apple's official Mail client for macOS, here's how:
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Create an email address using your domain.
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- Open Mail. On the Mail menu, select Add Account.
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On the "Choose a Mail account provider…" window, choose "Other Mail Account…"
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- On the "Add a Mail account" screen, under Name, enter your name as you want it to appear in the From header of emails you send.
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Under Email Address, specify your new Porkbun hosted email address. Password is the password you created when setting up the email address. Select the blue "Sign In" button to continue.
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Mac Mail will think for a moment and then display an "Unable to verify account name or password" error. You'll need to specify some additional settings:
- User Name is your full email address (not just the part before the @ symbol). It should match the Email Address field.
- Your Porkbun hosted email password will be automatically filled. If it's not, specify the password from the previous step.
- Account Type: IMAP
- Incoming Mail Server: imap.porkbun.com
- Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.porkbun.com
Select the blue "Sign In" button to continue.
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- Finally, you will be asked which apps you want to use with your Porkbun hosted email address in Mac Mail.
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Uncheck "Notes" if you don't want your Porkbun mailbox to be used for Notes. Click the blue "Done" button to finish the setup.
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That's it! Mail for macOS is now configured to send and receive as your Porkbun hosted email address.