Setting up Mail OS X - Sierra Print

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Step 1 - Click Mail > Add Account


  1. Open the Mail application on your Mac.
  2. Click Mail in the top left corner and select Add Account....

Click Mail and then Add account



Step 2 - Select an account type


Select Other Mail Account... and click Continue.

Select Other Mail account and continue



Step 3 - Enter your account details


  1. Type in your name, it will be visible as the sender.
  2. Enter the email address you want to set up.
  3. Enter the password, you also use it for Webmail.
  4. Click Sign in.

Enter your name, email and the password the belongs with the account



Step 4 - Enter mail server settings


You will now see a red error message, just ignore this.


Enter the following server settings:


  • Account type: IMAP
  • Incoming Mail Server: imap.one.com
  • Outgoing Mail Server: send.one.com


Click Sign in.

Enter the settings for the incoming and outgoing server



Step 5 - Select only Mail app


Uncheck the box for Notes, so only the Mail app is selected, and click Done.

Uncheck the Notes app



Step 6 - Go to Mail > Preferences


Click Mail in the top left corner and select Preferences....

Click Mail and then preferences



Step 7 - Change incoming server port


  1. Go the the tab Server Settings.
  2. Under Incoming Mail server, uncheck the box for Automatically manage connection settings.
  3. Change the portnumber to 993.
  4. Click Save.

Go to the tab server settings



Step 8 - Set correct sent and trash folders


By default, Mail selects the wrong folder to save your sent and deleted emails, so you need to manually change it to the correct folders.


  1. Go to the tab Mailbox Behaviors.
  2. Click the Sent mailbox and change the folder to Sent, @ your email account.
  3. Click the Trash mailbox and change this folder to Trash, @ your email account.


Note: Mail OS X may not be able to detect IMAP folders that are empty. If the correct folder is not available, log in to Webmail and place an email in the folder. Then try again.

Click Sent Mailbox and select the correct folder



Step 9 - Check Mailbox Behaviors


In the end your settings in the Mailbox Behaviors tab should look like in the screenshot below.
The INBOX prefixes will be added automatically.

Go to the tab Mailbox behaviors


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