The account type you need to select is IMAP, you can enter anything you like for the description.
Open Mac Mail, from the File menu, choose Add Account then enter your Hotmail, Outlook or MSN email address and password, finally clicking continue. IMAP settings:Įncryption: TLS Setting up OSX Mail using IMAP for :
Although not as good as Exchange Active Sync which is supported by most smartphone and Outlook 2013 on Windows, Mac OSX users can now use IMAP to sync mail to OSX. You can not organise your email and sync changes back to Outlook, and between devices such as your desktop pc, laptop and mobile. Using POP is not ideal as it simply downloads the massage from the Outlook servers. (Hotmail) setup with IMAP in the Apple OSX Mail App.īy default if you want to access your / Hotmail or MSN email account in the OSX Mail app you had to do it with POP.
