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Now I am changing from Outlook to Mail programme, cant seem to connect the Mobileme because i havent/dont have a password. Can anyone help?

Now I am changing from Outlook to Mail programme, cant seem to connect the Mobileme account, because i havent had/dont have a password. Even though mail arrives via icloud ... All other accounts have connected as I can enter my passwords. Can anyone help?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Apr 29, 2013 11:22 PM

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Posted on Apr 29, 2013 11:26 PM

You are using Mac OS X Snow Leopard, so you have to set up the iCloud mail account manually. To do it, open Mail, go to File menu (on the menu bar) > Add Account, and set up the iCloud mail account with this information > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864


It only applies to iCloud. MobileMe was discontinued, and if you have a MobileMe account that you haven't upgraded to iCloud, you can't use it

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Apr 29, 2013 11:26 PM in response to jaaznz

You are using Mac OS X Snow Leopard, so you have to set up the iCloud mail account manually. To do it, open Mail, go to File menu (on the menu bar) > Add Account, and set up the iCloud mail account with this information > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4864


It only applies to iCloud. MobileMe was discontinued, and if you have a MobileMe account that you haven't upgraded to iCloud, you can't use it

Apr 30, 2013 12:25 AM in response to mende1

That worked well!! Thankyou.

To stop the 'eggtimer' continuously going round and round in the drop down email account boxes under Inbox in this Mobileme account, I went to Mail - preferences - and into advanced setting unchecked the enable and Include when automatically checking for new messages. (because I couldnt delete it.) It had even said it had information stored on the server but i had not ever set it up....


My iphone also 'created' an @me.com account.

When I tried to Add Account, i got the message: "The account Mobileme already has this host name and user name."

Stumped again ...

Now I am changing from Outlook to Mail programme, cant seem to connect the Mobileme because i havent/dont have a password. Can anyone help?

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