When I try to create a POP account in Mail I am presented with the “Add Account” series of windows. However, it seems to start with the assumption that
I wish to create an IMAP account and automatically enters the appropriate data for doing so. How do I get it to recognise that I want to set up a POP account or, alternatively, how do I bypass the automated set-up process and do it manually? I am using Mail 5.1.
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Ok I finally figured this out by accident! Some versions of Mail do not allow you to choose the type of account you are setting up. After clicking on + to Add Account, you are just asked for the Name, Account and Password and it's automatically set up as an imap account. And you can't change it once it is created. The only way I could find to change the account type when setting up an email account is to make an error logging in! Put in a wrong password, and it will come back and let you choose the account!! Crazy... I'm sure this is different in later versions...
Ok I finally figured this out by accident! Some versions of Mail do not allow you to choose the type of account you are setting up. After clicking on + to Add Account, you are just asked for the Name, Account and Password and it's automatically set up as an imap account. And you can't change it once it is created. The only way I could find to change the account type when setting up an email account is to make an error logging in! Put in a wrong password, and it will come back and let you choose the account!! Crazy... I'm sure this is different in later versions...
Click [+], enter your Name/Email/Password, then hold down the 'Option(Alt)' key, click Continue, and you will be able to select IMAP or POP
This is awesome!! Thank you.
Neither apple or AT&T knew what to do, and AT&T wanted to charge me to go deeper and figure out what the problem was. These forums always have the answers when the Company's themselves do not. Thank you!!!!!
Thanks so much for providing this info. Just as Sulimo posted above me, I too have been going round and round with AT&T trying to figure out what the heck was wrong. Fortunately I didn't pay the extra $.
I am eternally grateful.
A lifesaver. I've been trying to figure this out for months. But I was trying to find the answer from Earthlink. Duh.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Mail - Create POP Account
