There has been a significant rise in the Mac OS X users because it is one of the new OS in the market, which is also doing excellent in terms of features and functionality. It is quite easy to set up an email on Macintosh OSX mail, but it involves certain steps that you will have to perform in the same order in which they are mentioned. Let us discuss those steps in this blog post and you can call Roadrunner email support for this.
- From the menu bar, click ‘mail’ icon.
- From the main drop-down list, select ‘preferences’.
- Click ‘Accounts’ icon in the preferences.
- Now, you will have to create a new account, for which, you will have to click (+) sign given at the bottom of the accounts list.
- Type in your full name, email ID, and password.
- Click ‘continue’ followed by selecting IMAP or POP in the account type section.
- Type in your server settings.
POP Settings:
- Account Type: POP3 or POP
- Incoming Mail Server: mail.twc.com
- Incoming Server: POP3 port: 995
- Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.twc.com
- Outgoing Server: SMTP port: 587
- Inbound & Outbound User Name: Enter your full email address, which could be YOURNAME@roadrunner.com, YOURNAME@[Division].rr.com or YOURNAME@twc.com.
- Inbound & Outbound Password: Enter the password for your email account.
- SMTP Server Requires Authentication: Checked
IMAP settings:
- Account Type: IMAP
- Incoming Mail Server: mail.twc.com
- Incoming Server: IMAP port: 993
- Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.twc.com
- Outgoing Server: SMTP port: 587
- Inbound & Outbound User Name: Enter full email address, which could be YOURNAME@roadrunner.com, YOURNAME@[Division].rr.com or YOURNAME@twc.com.
- Inbound & Outbound Password: Email Password (same as WebMail)
- SMTP Server Requires Authentication: Checked
- Click Continue followed by checking the option named ‘take account online’ and then, click ‘create’.
- Click ‘email’ icon that is given in the top left corner in order to get new emails.
- Select ‘Preferences’ from the mail dropdown to edit your account information.
- To edit an email account, click ‘accounts’ icon followed by selecting the email account you wish to edit.
- Enter the right email address in incoming mail server field to edit POP server address. In case you were using POP account settings, and you delete it intentionally or by mistake, then all the emails that are associated with it will also be deleted. If you want to edit SMTP address, then there will be an option named ‘edit SMTP server list’ that is given in ‘Outgoing mail server’ dropdown.
- Now, edit the email account by double-clicking on the SMTP server address, and then, enter the right address.
- To edit SMTP port and set up SMTP authentication, you need to click on ‘advanced’ tab.
- Click OK at the last to complete the process.
Also read: – Spectrum Roadrunner Email Settings