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Apple Mail 3.5 / 4.1 / 4.2

This tutorial will guide you through configuring your Hover email in Apple Mail version 3.5 or 4.1 using IMAP.

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Click on the Mail menu and select Preferences.

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Click on the plus sign to add a new account.

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Enter the following:

Full Name: enter your name as you want it to appear on outgoing messages
Email Address: enter your Hover email address
Password: enter your Hover email password

Click Continue.

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Enter the following Incoming Mail Server settings:

Account Type: select IMAP from the list
Description: enter your email address

Incoming Mail Server: mail.hover.com
User Name: enter your email address
Password: enter your Hover email password

Click Continue.

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Enter the following Outgoing Mail Server settings:

Description: Hover Outgoing Server
Outgoing Mail Server: mail.hover.com

Put a check next to "Use only this server."

Put a check next to "Use Authentication" then enter your email address as the User Name and enter your password.

Click Continue.

 

If Apple Mail hangs while verifying the settings then you can click Cancel then click Continue to proceed.

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Click Create.

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The account configuration is complete. You can close the Accounts window.
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Comments (7)

Saturday Aug 08 at 10:23 AM robert lemons

Helped out a lot.
thanks

Saturday Jan 09 at 12:24 AM Ian

Great. Made it easy!

Friday Mar 05 at 02:01 PM Megan

Super easy to set up with those directions--thanks much!

Saturday Mar 06 at 06:54 AM Neil Willis

Sorted out quickly after a frustrating couple of hours.

Thanks for your help

Sunday Jun 13 at 09:27 AM jeraleeM

great instuctions.
simple.
to the point.
intuitive.

love everything thus far. :)

Wednesday Feb 09 at 06:35 PM Mark William

Simply marvelous... Straight forward, to the point and easy. Thanks Hover.

Sunday May 29 at 09:16 AM Leo

thanks `hover, keep on going for many years already!

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