Macintosh Mail IMAP, MacOS 10.6 Snow Leopard

Based on MacOS 10.6 Snow Leopard

1. Open Apple Mail

2. Select menu "Mail" -> "Preferences..."
3. Click on the "+" at the lower left to add an account
4. Select "Add Other Email Account..."
5. Enter Full name (as your recipients will see it), email address, password
6. Click "Next," get back "Account must be manually configured," click Next.
   Enter:
   - Account type: IMAP
   - Mail Server: secure.prxy.com
   - User Name: your full email address
   - Password: your email password
7. Click "Next" and get back "Additional information is required," click Next.

   Enter:

   - Path prefix: (leave blank)

   - Port: (leave blank for "auto")

   - check the box: Use SSL

   - Authentication: select [Password] from popup menu

8. Click "Next"
   Enter:
   - SMTP Server: secure.prxy.com
   - User Name: your full email address
   - Password: your email password
9. Click "Create" and get back "Additional information is required," click Next.

   Enter:

   - Port: 465

   - check the box: Use SSL

   - Authentication: select [Password] from popup menu

10. Click "Create"

11. Select the account from the list on the left
12. Click "Mailbox Behaviors" tab.

   - Verify these settings: Check "Store ... messages on server" for Drafts, Sent, Junk and Trash.

   - For Trash, also check "Move deleted messages to the Trash Mailbox."

   - Select "Permanently erase deleted messages when: [Never]" (note that our server deletes email from the Trash folder after one month).

13. If you are using Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) or later:
    - Select the "Advanced" tab and uncheck "Automatically detect and maintain account settings."
    - Select the "Account Information" tab and click the pop-up menu next to the Outgoing (SMTP) server selection and select the "Edit" option at the bottom.
    - Select the "Advanced" tab and uncheck "Automatically detect and maintain account settings."
    - Click OK to close that window.

14. Close Preferences window and save change if prompted
15. Select the "Sent" folder in your prxy folder list and select menu Mailbox -> "Use This Mailbox As..." -> Sent Mailbox
16. Select "Trash" folder in your prxy folder list and select menu Mailbox -> "Use This Mailbox As..." -> Trash Mailbox

 
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