Overview
This article walks you through the steps for setting up Apple Mail 8.0 on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite).
Once you complete the setup, you’ll have an incoming IMAP connection using SSL (without warnings) and an SMTP connection using SSL (without warnings).
Step 1 — Verifying the email user exists in your web panel
Make sure your email user is already set up in the DreamHost panel by going to Manage Email.
- You will see your mail user listed on the page:
Step 2 — Finding your email server
In the past, it was possible to use mail.example.com to connect (where example.com is your actual domain name). Due to how modern mail clients handle security, this is now NOT recommended as it may throw connection errors. Please ensure you are only using your mail server name when connecting.
It will be one of the following depending on if you're using an IMAP or POP connection:
IMAP hostname: imap.dreamhost.com
POP hostname: pop.dreamhost.com
When you set up the first email address under a domain (that is configured to be hosted with DreamHost), the DreamHost system automatically creates the necessary hostnames and MX records that are required to process email for that domain. Please also note that if this is your first address on a domain, it may take up to 6hrs for those emails to function.
Step 3 — Setting up a new account in Mail
To set up a new account in Mail, follow these instructions:
- Open the Apple Mail application by clicking Mail in the top menu bar.
- Select the Add Account option.
- The 'Choose a mail account to add...' page opens:
- Select the Add Other Mail Account… option and click the Continue button.
- This example uses the email address "user@dreamhost.com":
- Enter the following:
- Name: This is how you'd like your name displayed when sending email.
- Email Address: This field must contain the full email address.
- Password: This is the password you set up for the email when creating it in your panel.
- Click the Create button when finished.
- You should receive notification that the Account must be manually configured:
- Click the Next button to proceed to manually configure your email address.
- After you click Next to proceed, the Incoming Mail Server Info page opens:
In this example, IMAP is used as the connection as this is the preferred protocol. But, if you wish you can also use POP to connect.
- Enter the following settings on the Incoming Mail Server Info page:
- Account Type: IMAP
- Mail Server: Use your mail server name. This is either imap.dreamhost.com or pop.dreamhost.com.
- User Name: Your full email address.
- Password: This is the password you set up for the email when creating it in your DreamHost panel.
- Click the Next button to proceed.
- If it asks you to accept the certificate, click the Connect button to accept.
- After you connect, the Outgoing Mail Server Info page opens:
- Enter the following settings on the Outgoing Mail Server Info page:
- SMTP Server: This is smtp.dreamhost.com.
- User Name: Your full email address
- Password: This is the password you set up for the email when creating it in your DreamHost panel.
- Click the Create button to create the email address.
Your new email address is now set up and ready to use. You can send a test message to confirm it's working properly.
Troubleshooting
Certificate mismatch errors
View the following article for instructions on how to resolve any SSL certificate mismatch errors:
Troubleshooting the Sent folder
If you're having any issues viewing or using your Sent folder, review the following article:
See also
Internal links
- Email client configuration overview
- Email client protocols and port numbers
- Mac Mail — Configuring email with macOS Mojave and Catalina
- Mac Mail — Configuring email with Mac OS X El Capitan and macOS Sierra/High Sierra
- Mac Mail — Adjusting incoming/outgoing settings
- Mac Mail — How to synchronize the default IMAP folders
External links
- support.apple.com/mail – Apple Mail Support
