HOW DO I RETRIEVE MY .MAC ACCOUNT from 2008??

Hi BDAqua. I have a family email account .mac from way back with Apple in 2001 linked now to my icloud account.

I can't set it back up after a clean install of Sierra on my wifes computer. I tried these settings. what am i missing?

Apprechiate the help

Hi can you confirm the settings again for a .mac account. I have a associated account for my wife, I have my icloud account and still use my .mac account. but i am strugling to re-configure the account for her machine after upgrading to OS10.12 Sierra

Hi, it might work to set up an icloud account...

I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.

You cannot use .mac or MobileMe as type of Account, you have to choose IMAP when setting up, otherwise Mail is hard coded to change imap.mail.me.com to mail.me.com & smtp.mail.me.com to smtp.me.com, no matter what you try to enter.

iCloud Mail setup, do not choose .mac or MobileMe as type, but choose IMAP...

On second step where it asks "Description", it has to be a unique name, but you can still use your email address.

IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:

• Server name: imap.mail.me.com

• SSL Required: Yes

• Port: 993

• Username: example@me.com (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)

• Password: Your iCloud password

SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:

• Server name: smtp.mail.me.com

• SSL Required: Yes

• Port: 587

• SMTP Authentication Required: Yes

• Username: example@me.com (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)

• Password: Your iCloud password

•

Also, you must upgrade your password to meet the new criteria: 8 characters, including upper and lower case and numbers. If you have an older password that does not meet these criteria, when you try to setup mail on your mac, using all of the IMAP criteria listed above, it will still give a server error message. Go to http://appleid.apple.com then follow directions to change your password, then go back to setting up your mail using the IMAP instructions above.

Thanks to dpepper...

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3867171?tstart=0

http://x704.net/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5807&p=69967#p69967

TheSyndicate.info wrote:

I stopped paying in 2009 due to a billing error and I wish I continued service - I have intellectual property saved in my account and I cannot figure out how to retrieve it.

If you stopped paying for your .Mac account in 2009 everything in it will have been deleted shortly after your membership expired.

Ah, good point, forgot about that part! 🙂

Hi, which setting do you mean?

Where are you having problems?