This document will walk you through setting up Apple Mail to retrieve your email via IMAP with Ideanode servers.

Make sure that you replace “example.com” with the name of your domain name in each of the examples below.

Open up Mail for the first time.

For account type, we’re going to select “IMAP”. In Description and Email Address, type in your full email address. For Full Name, enter your name as you want it to appear in outgoing emails. For incoming mail server, type in “imap.example.com” where “example.com” is your domain name (like seanporter.com). For username, use the email address for this account.

If you don’t, or you’re adding another account to your existing email, no problem, just go to Accounts in Preferences:

If you’re opening mail for the first time, you may be asked if you want to import mail from another program. Click “No.”

We need to make some changes to the outoging mail server. (if you don’t see the screen below, click “Mail”, then “Preferences”, then “Accounts”)

Now you’ll want to click on the “Server Settings…” button to set your outgoing mail server. In the “Outgoing Mail Server:” dialong, enter in “smtp.example.com” where “example.com” is your domain name, like “seanporter.com”. For “Server Port:” enter in “587.” For “Authentication:” select “Password”, for “User Name:” enter in your email address, and for “Password:” your assigned password. Like so:

That’s it. You’re done!