I use outlook to access my email and would like outlook to be the default mail application. All the instructions I find online suggest that I should open mail and choose 'Mail - Preferences' to set the default mail app. Unfortunately Preferences is greyed out until an account is added. I don't have another account that I want to add to my mac. In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail Accounts. Select the account, then unselect the Mail tick box. Now the account’s messages are not shown in Mail. To use the account again with Mail, select the Mail tick box; the account’s messages are shown again (they don’t need to.
Im running OS X El Capitan (Version 10.11.6) and I can't add additional accounts to my mail. Ive had the computer for over a year and all my accounts worked fine until about a 2 weeks ago, when my gmail accounts stopped receiving emails. My .mac e-mail was fine. So i deleted the accounts and then tried to re-add them thinking it would solve the problem however i cannot add them back.
I click on mail, add accounts, and then google. Mac apps for creating flyers. Which allows me to enter my e-mail and passwords just fine. But when it asks what apps i want to use with the account, i select mail and click done.. and nothing happens. Then the Done button is grayed out but it hasn't been added.
any help?
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Mail User Guide
Use the Mail app to send, receive and manage email for all of your email accounts in one location. Simply add the accounts — such as iCloud, Exchange, Google, school, work or other — you want to use in Mail.
Add an email account
- The first time you open the Mail app on your Mac, it may prompt you to add an account. Select an account type — if you don’t see your type, select Other Mail Account — then enter your account information.
- If you already added an email account, you can still add more. In Mail, choose Mail > Add Account, select an account type, then enter your account information. Make sure the Mail tick box is selected for the account.
- If you’re using an account on your Mac with other apps, such as Contacts or Messages, you can also use that account with Mail. In Mail, choose Mail > Accounts to open Internet Accounts preferences, select the account on the left, then select the Mail tick box on the right.
Temporarily stop using an email account
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- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Accounts.
- Select the account, then unselect the Mail tick box.Now the account’s messages are not shown in Mail.
To use the account again with Mail, select the Mail tick box; the account’s messages are shown again (they don’t need to be downloaded from the server again).
Remove an email account
When you remove an email account from Mail, the account’s messages are deleted and no longer available on your Mac. Copies of messages remain on the account’s mail server and are still available (from webmail, for example).
Important: If you’re unsure whether messages you want to keep are still on the mail server, move or copy them to a mailbox stored on your Mac (the mailbox appears in the On My Mac section in the Mail sidebar) before you delete the account in Mail.
- In the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Accounts.
- Select an account, then click the Remove button .Note: If the account is used by other apps on your Mac, you’re asked to remove the account in Internet Accounts System Preferences. Click the button to open Internet Accounts, then unselect the Mail tick box for the account. To stop using the account in all apps, make sure the account is selected, then click the Remove button .
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