Hello, I'm just wonderin ghow to set up a .mac account on a kindle fire hd. I have tried all kinds of ways (imap vs pop3, different smtp's etc), but nothing works.
Wish I could be setting it up on an iPad, but life deals you some wierd cards sometimes...
Thanks!
When you tack onto a five year old thread the answers it contains are likely to be out of date. In order to access your iCloud email on a Kindle or other non-Apple device you need to use the server settings given in this page:
However, if your Apple ID has two-factor authentication enabled, then because you are accessing iCloud using a non-Apple app you have to generate an 'app-specific' password. For details about this please see
Using app-specific passwords - Apple Support
From June 15th you will be required to have two-factor authentication enabled in order to be able to generate an app-specific password. If you don't have this set up you will need to do so, and this will need you to have a Mac running El Capitan or later, or an iOS device running iOS9.
If the Kindle has a proper email application you should be able to set it up using the settings listed here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864
The Kindle will need to be able to handle IMAP and SSL. You will not be able to set up any of iCloud's other facilities.
Hi Roger,
Doesn't seem to do the trick. This is a brand new kindle fire hd delivered yesterday. The setup procedure does not ask me about SMTP Authentication. Instead, it asks me to select the security type from a list of five options: none, SSL/TLS, SSL/TLS (accept all certificates), STARTTLS or STARTTLS (accept all certificates). I selected SSL/TLS (accept all certificates) because it is the only option that actually processes before giving me the error message!
Any ideas?
thanks,
The settings in the Apple page are what are required to access iCloud email: if the Kindle won't work with them I can only suggest you look for a Kindle forum or ask their Support.
Thanks Roger. I'll keep on fiddling with it and see what I can do. I'll post back here if I make any progress. Thanks again!
I am having the same issue.
How to setup a .mac account on a kindle fire
