Apple Mail POP settings?
Can anyone tell me if I can set up Apple Mail with POP settings? I am getting a feeling that only IMAP is supported — is this right?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.4
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Can anyone tell me if I can set up Apple Mail with POP settings? I am getting a feeling that only IMAP is supported — is this right?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.4
Not correct. By default Apple mail does the IMAP. If you want POP you need to trick the system. To set up the account pick "other' then on next screen put in a bogus email and PW. On the next screen then put in your real credentials and pick POP.
Not correct. By default Apple mail does the IMAP. If you want POP you need to trick the system. To set up the account pick "other' then on next screen put in a bogus email and PW. On the next screen then put in your real credentials and pick POP.
If you mean the Apple app "Mail" it supports POP3, IMAP, SMTP, Exchange and S/MIME.
If you mean Apple iCloud mail, that is IMAP with email client apps such as Mail; and Webmail for access via browsers.
Even if you could trick the Mail app to use POP with iCloud Mail, I suggest that is a risky endeavor ... Apple has never promoted or documented POP support in iCloud mail. If POP service is running on iCloud Mail it's only because mail servers typically support multiple protocols; however in most implementations only one or two are usually implemented. In the case of iCloud mail that would be IMAP and Webmail; POP, if it's running, may not be fully functional on iCloud Mail. Here are Apple's specifications for iCloud mail -> Mail server settings for iCloud email clients - Apple Support
Also, remember that under POP, when you download email messages they are normally deleted from the server and remain only on your local computer.
I should’ve been more clear.
The Apple Mail APP supports POP for email accounts, all except for iCloud Mail accounts. iCloud does not support POP, but you can use POP for other email accounts, like Google, Microsoft, etc.
What I don't understand is why my other two email accounts (not iCloud) work fine sending messages but the other account (not iCloud), which is pulling mail from an Office365 Outlook mail server, does not send messages. SMTP works fine.
I use only my computer for email.
iCloud Mail does not support POP.
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Oh! OK. I'll give that a go. I'll let you know. (Hope I get it right – hacks always confuse the **** out of me!)
Hi there — just to let you know this didn't work but that's always assuming I got it right! This morning I could add this account without any problems. Who knows. Thanks anyway.
This morning I could add the account as a POP account OK so who knows what the problem was. I have no intention of trying to find out why!
Apple Mail POP settings?