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Mail creates POP account automatically

I'm trying to add a Comcast account to my Mail. Comcast has both POP3 and IMAP accounts and I want the IMAP; I have all the settings info. But when I add an account in Mail, it asks me for the username/password/email address, and then automatically proceeds to create a POP3 account! There seems to be no place to choose IMAP specifically or enter the server info manually - it just goes right for the POP3 based on my comcast email address. How to overcome this?

Posted on Apr 20, 2014 3:52 AM

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Apr 21, 2014 5:15 AM in response to Lanny

Yep, but that wasn't my problem. I've got the IMAP settings and been through the Comcast approval etc. My problem is (was) that the Apple Mail automatically configured the account as POP3 and didn't give me an opportunity to say that it was IMAP, as soon as it saw the comcast.net email address. I have now solved it, by putting in a fake email address, and when Mail can't find it to autoconfigure, it lets you set the account type manually.

Mail creates POP account automatically

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