How to set up Airmail on macOS

This article demonstrates how to set up Airmail on macOS to access an A2 Hosting e-mail account.

To configure Airmail to work with your A2 Hosting e-mail account, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see this article to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.
2. Start Airmail. The Add your email account dialog box appears:

   

   The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

3. In the Services list box, select one of the following protocols:
   

   • If you want to use IMAP, select Generic IMAP.
   • If you want to use POP3, select Generic POP3.

4. Click Add. The account configuration dialog box appears:
   

   

5. In the Name text box, type the name you want to appear on messages you send from the account.
6. In the Email text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
7. In the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.
8. Select whether or not you want to receive newsletters or save account settings on iCloud.
9. In the Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
10. In the Incoming server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name.
11. In the Sending server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name.
12. Confirm that the Authentication check box is selected.
13. In the Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
14. In the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

15. Click Add:
    

    

    Airmail detects the server settings automatically.

16. To allow Airmail to access your contacts, click OK. Otherwise, click Don't Allow:
    

    

17. To allow Airmail to access your calendar, click OK. Otherwise, click Don't Allow:
    

    

18. To allow Airmail to access your reminders, click OK. Otherwise, click Don't Allow:
    

    

19. Airmail downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears.