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Mail User Guide

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Use Server Settings preferences in Mail to change options for an account’s incoming and outgoing (SMTP) mail servers.

To change these preferences in the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, click Accounts, then click Server Settings.

Note: The settings you see vary depending on your account type.

Incoming mail server settings

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Option

Description

User Name

Your user name on the mail server.

Password

Your password on the mail server.

Host Name

The name of the mail server.

Automatically manage connection settings

Mail automatically manages settings for your email account in Mail, such as port numbers and authentication methods.

If you deselect this option, you can specify the following, as directed by your email account provider:

  • Port (or Internal Port and External Port), Use TLS/SSL: The port numbers for receiving messages, and whether to use TLS/SSL.

  • Authentication: The authentication method. This option is available only for POP and IMAP accounts.

Advanced IMAP or Exchange Settings

Enter or change these settings as directed by your email account provider:

  • IMAP Path Prefix: The location of your mailboxes on an IMAP server.

  • TLS Certificate: Some mail servers require computers that connect to them to provide a certificate proving their identity.

  • Allow insecure authentication: For email accounts that don’t support secure authentication, let Mail use a non-encrypted version of your user name and password to connect to the mail server.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP) settings

Option

Description

Account

The account of the mail server.

To change outgoing server settings, as directed by your email account provider, click the Account pop-up menu, then choose Edit SMTP Server List.

User Name

Your user name on the mail server.

Password

Your password on the mail server.

Host Name

The name of the mail server.

Automatically manage connection settings

Mail automatically manages settings for your email account in Mail, such as port numbers and authentication methods.

If you deselect this option, you can specify the following, as directed by your email account provider:

  • Port (or Internal Port and External Port), Use TLS/SSL: The port numbers for sending messages, and whether to use TLS/SSL.

  • Authentication: The authentication method. This option is available only for POP and IMAP accounts.

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Mail User Guide

Mail can filter junk mail from your inbox, based on what it learns from you when you mark email messages as junk or not junk and the settings in Junk Mail preferences.

Tip: If you don’t like spam, make sure the junk mail filter is on. Choose Mail > Preferences, click Junk Mail, then verify “Enable junk mail filtering” is selected.

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Mark messages as junk or not junk

  1. In the Mail app on your Mac, select a message.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • If Mail incorrectly marked the message as junk: Click Move to Inbox in the message banner or click the Not Junk button in the Mail toolbar (or use the Touch Bar). Mail moves the message to your Inbox.

    • If Mail failed to mark the message as junk: Click the Junk button in the Mail toolbar (or use the Touch Bar). Mail moves the message to the Junk mailbox.

Each time you confirm a message as junk or not junk, the junk mail filter improves so Mail can better identify junk mail.

Change junk mail filter settings

The default settings catch most of the junk mail you receive, but you can customize the filter.

  1. In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Junk Mail.

  2. Specify what Mail should do when junk mail arrives.

    • If you want to verify what the filter identifies as junk mail, select “Mark as junk mail, but leave it in my Inbox.”

    • If you’re sure the filter accurately identifies junk mail, select “Move it to the Junk mailbox.”

    • To set up other actions, select “Perform custom actions,” then click Advanced.

      Note: To make sure the filter’s database is used to identify junk mail, don’t change the default condition “Message is Junk Mail.”

  3. Select options for exempting messages from being evaluated, such as messages received from people who use your full name.

  4. To include in the filter any junk mail detection inherent in messages, select “Trust junk mail headers in messages.”

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Reset the junk mail filter

Resetting the junk mail filter to its original state removes what Mail learned from you whenever you marked emails as junk or not junk.

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  1. In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Junk Mail.

  2. Click Reset.

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