I'm trying to set up a new account in the Mail dialog for Accounts, but get an error message "This account already exists". However, the account does not show up in the dialog, so there is no way to access it. This is on OS X 10.11.

"This account already exists" error message in Mail app.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Early 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11), Internet Accounts

Posted on Oct 6, 2015 9:44 AM

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I'm trying to set up a new account in the Mail dialog for Accounts, but get an error message "This account already exists". However, the account does not show up in the dialog, so there is no way to access it. This is on OS X 10.11.

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