{"id":4386,"date":"2021-09-26T17:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T17:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=4386"},"modified":"2022-08-25T23:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T15:00:16","password":"","slug":"how-to-connect-email-to-mac-client-imap","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-connect-email-to-mac-client-imap\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect IMAP Email in Apple Mac Mail Client?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHAT IS IMAP?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By setting up an IMAP for your email, you can access it from a server, and it only downloads emails or attachments as prompted. Whichever device you want to check your emails with, you can do so without worrying about having anything deleted or inaccessible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, POP also allows you to access your emails but as soon as you download your emails and its contents, they can only be retrieved from the same device, and will simultaneously be removed from the origin server. If you prefer a POP email account setup, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-connect-email-to-mac-client-pop\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">here<\/span><\/a> and we can show you how.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>HOW TO SETUP IMAP EMAIL IN MAC OS?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>From your desktop (Dock), click on <strong>Mail<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" class=\"wp-image-4388\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_start-mail-dock.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_start-mail-dock.png 511w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_start-mail-dock-300x94.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>At the top left side of your screen, select <strong>Mail<\/strong>, and click on <strong>Add Account<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"352\" class=\"wp-image-4390\" style=\"width: 300px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_mail-add-account.png\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>You will be given a list of options on which email account provider you want to add. Choose <strong>Other Mail Account<\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"326\" class=\"wp-image-4391\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_choose-other-mail-account-provider.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_choose-other-mail-account-provider.png 419w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_choose-other-mail-account-provider-300x245.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>Log in your email account details such as your <em>Name<\/em>, <em>Email Address<\/em>, and <em>Password<\/em>.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"244\" class=\"wp-image-4392\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_enter-name-email-password.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_enter-name-email-password.png 402w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_enter-name-email-password-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n<li>If you are logging in your unique domain webmail, a new screen may pop-up asking you to enter your details again, this time requiring additional information.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"292\" class=\"wp-image-4393\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_account-type-imap-mail-server.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_account-type-imap-mail-server.png 401w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_account-type-imap-mail-server-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/><br \/>The default mail server settings for CLDY webmail are listed below:<br \/>Username: (your CLDY email)<br \/>Password: (your CLDY email password)<br \/>Incoming Server: mail.<span style=\"color: blue;\">gocloudwebpage.com<\/span><br \/>Outgoing Server: mail.<span style=\"color: blue;\">gocloudwebpage.com<\/span><br \/><br \/>*\u00a0<em>replace gocloudwebpage.com with your domain<\/em><br \/><br \/>You can now click on <strong>Sign In<\/strong> once you have completed the login details.<br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"191\" class=\"wp-image-4394\" style=\"width: 400px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_share-mail-notes-settings-done.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_share-mail-notes-settings-done.png 402w, https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/09\/mac_connect-email-imap_share-mail-notes-settings-done-300x143.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/><br \/>Another screen will show asking you to share both Mail and Notes information, you can choose to select or deselect this option, and click on <strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That should be it! Your emails will automatically load into your Apple Mail inbox and you can access them right away.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to keep your emails even more secure, check this article here on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-backup-my-emails-on-mac-mail\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-backup-my-emails-on-mac-mail\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">how to backup your emails from your Apple \/ Mac OS Mail<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS IMAP? By setting up an IMAP for your email, you can access it from a server, and it only downloads emails or attachments as prompted. Whichever device you want to check your emails with, you can do so without worrying about having anything deleted or inaccessible. In contrast, POP also allows you to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[32],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4386","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-email-hosting"],"year_month":"2026-06","word_count":317,"total_views":0,"reactions":{"happy":0,"normal":0,"sad":0},"author_info":{"name":"syd123","author_nicename":"syd123","author_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/author\/syd123\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Email Hosting","term_url":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help-category\/email-hosting\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7805,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4386\/revisions\/7805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}