Enter a name for your new account, then the email address and password.

You'll be asked to Choose a Mail account provider.

If this is the first time you've used Mail you'll start at this step.

If you're already using Mail on then you'll need to add a new account.

If you are already using Mail with other accounts follow these steps to add a new account. If this is the first time you use Mail on your Mac you should open Mail and start from Step 2. If you are a reseller this would also impact all your client accounts. However, you should be aware that if you use this method, and at a later date change hosting servers you will need to re-configure any email clients. Option 2 - use the server hostname for incoming and outgoing mail server Once the DNS has updated for your new server A record the clients will continue to be able to send and receive email. This option has the benefit of meaning that should you change hosting servers at any point you won’t need to re-configure any email clients. if your domain is .uk then you would use .uk as the inbound and outbound mail server names. If you meet these requirements then you can use the format mail.yourdomain for the inbound (IMAP Hostname) and outbound (SMTP Hostname) mail servers in the instructions below e.g.

Once your domain is correctly pointing to Krystal a free Let's Encrypt™ certificate will be issued automatically. You must have SSL enabled for the domain. If your domain is registered with Krystal and you host your website here then this is likely the case. Your domain’s A record must be pointing to your Krystal hosting server. Option 1 - Use mail.yourdomain for incoming and outgoing mail server (IMAP Hostname and SMTP Hostname) e.g. Option 1 is preferred but does have some prerequisites.

There are now two options for setting up your email client.

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