Depends on who your email server is. Contact your server which is whoever provides your internet service and or you email. On a Mac just open Mac Mail and create and account. Put in your email address and password. Your Mac will take care of the rest and create and account for you. If you already have tried to create and account delete it and start over. Click the + sing bottom left to create an account.
Go to www.google.com and search "smtp mail server mac mail" and see what you get.
Unless you have a Hotmail Plus account, Hotmail will not work with Apple Mail natively. There is a little app that does make it happen though, it can be found in the Related Links section below.
The Incoming Server is pop3.live.com The Outgoing Server is smtp.live.com If you want to find out your school/works Pop address and your using a mac: Simply log in and ask keychain to remember your details. Then go into keychain and vola, the Incoming and Outgoing servers are there. This also works on other types of addresses other than POP
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Macs are perfectly capable of accessing Gmail as long as you have set them up properly. Assuming a recent Mac with a recent version of the Mail application....Ensure your Gmail account has POP access turned on.Launch the Mac's Mail applicationSelect Preferences from the Mail menu.Select the Accounts tab.Click the plus sign under the accounts list.Under Account Type check that POP is selectedEnter "Gmail" under Account Description:.Enter your name under Full Name:.Enter your full Gmail address under Email Address:.Click Continue.Enter "pop.gmail.com" under Incoming Mail Server:Enter your full Gmail email address under User Name:.Type your Gmail password in the Password: field.Click Continue.Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) should be on.Select Password under Authentication:Click Continue.Enter "smtp.gmail.com" under Outgoing Mail Server:.Use Authentication should be on.Enter your full Gmail address under User Name:.Type your Gmail password into the Password: field.Click Continue.Make sure Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is checked under Outgoing Mail SecurityUnder Authentication:, select Password.Click Continue.Click Continue again.Click Done.Highlight your new "Gmail" account and click Server Settings... under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):Enter "465" under Server port:.Click OK.Close the mail preferences.There are options such as Googles Notifier and the MailPlane application that can further enhance your mail usage. (see links below)
Optimum provide instructions for using Apple's Mail application (See links below). Setting Up E-Mail on Mac OS X MailOpen Apple Mail.Click Mail then Preferences.Go to the Accounts tab and click the plus (+) button underneath the Accounts field to add a new account.Select POP3 in Account Type.Enter your Optimum Online® e-mail address in the Email Address field.In the Full Name field, type your name how you'd like it to appear when people get e-mail from you (for example: John Smith).Enter your e-mail server name [what's this?] in the Incoming Mail Server field.Enter your Optimum ID in the User Name field. (Your Optimum ID is the part of your e-mail address to the left of the "@" sign, for example: jsmith.)Enter your password in the Password field.Enter your e-mail server name in the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) field.Click OK
Click the Mail logo (eagle with stamp) on the dock. Then just type in your email username, password, and account for any of your current gmail, yahoo, or aol mail accounts.
1. Select the "Settings" option from the home screen on your iPhone. 2. Once in the settings section, select "Mail, Contacts, Calendars". 3. Under "Accounts" select the "Add Account" option. 4. On the Add Account page select "Other". 5. Select "Add Mail Account". 6. On the New Account screen fill in the details of your account as indicated: Name: this is the name you wish to display when you send emails from your phone. Address: your full email address. Password: the password you created when you set the email account up. Description: what you would like this account to be listed as in your iPhone's email accounts list (i.e. - Personal, Extra, Home). 7. Once you have entered these details, select "Next". The iPhone will now attempt to automatically retrieve the server settings, however this function will not work so they need to be added manually. The first step in configuring this is to select "IMAP" as the mail account type. 8. Scroll down the page and enter the following information: Incoming Mail Server Hostname: imap.comporium.net Username: (this field should already be populated based on you entering these details earlier) Password: (this field should already be populated based on you entering these details earlier) Outgoing Mail Server Hostname: smtp.comporium.net Username: says "optional", but you MUST enter this information. Please enter your full e-mail address (eg. username@comporium.net) Password: says "optional", but you MUST enter this information 9. Once you've entered all the information, select the "Next" button. You will see a message that the system is verifying your settings at the top of the screen. 10. You will be taken back to the Mail, Contacts, and Calendar screen. Click on "Account Info" for the account that you just setup. You will need to check your e-mail first prior to proceeding to the next step. 11. Select the "Advanced" option under Outgoing Mail Server. You will need to change your Mailbox behaviors to match the appropriate options. Click on the appropriate options to ensure the settings are as follows: 12. Draft Mailbox: Ensure that the "Drafts" folder is checked on the On the Server menu. 13. Sent Mailbox: Ensure that the "Sent" folder is checked on the On the Server menu. 14. Deleted Mailbox: Ensure that the "Trash" folder is checked on the On the Server menu. 15. Under Incoming Settings change "Use SSL" to "ON" and change the "Server Port" to "993". 16. Click back on the "Mail, Contacts, and Calendar" icon in the upper left hand corner of your screen. Click on the "Account Info" for the account that you just setup. Click on "smtp.comporium.net" under the Primary Server menu. 17. Under the Outgoing Mail Server, ensure that "Use SSL" is turned "ON" and change the "Server Port" to "587". Your account is now ready for use.
Open Mail and then open its preferences. Go to the account tab and using the plus and minus buttons on the bottom left remove the email accounts there.
Open Mac Mail. Click Mail > Preferences > Accounts. Click the + sign on the bottom left of the screen. Follow the instructions to add you email account to Mac Mail. It is simple and easy. Once you put in your email address and password your Mac will pretty much do the rest.
In the Preferences you can tell Mail to leave messages on the server, so they will be accessible via the web, for a specified length of time, or until you delete them from Mail's Inbox, or forever.
The Hotmail service is not able to be configured in Apple's Mail application in Mac OS X directly. There is a service called izymail that will allow access to Hotmail accounts, however. See the link below for details.