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  • Add or remove email accounts
    • Add email accounts
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    • Send an email
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    • Show emails from VIP senders
    • Archive emails
    • Print emails
    • View deleted emails
    • Use information found in Mail in other apps
  • Work with attachments
    • Add attachments to emails
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    • Send large attachments
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    • Create or delete mailboxes
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    • Block or unblock senders
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Use Mail on your Mac to send, receive and manage email for all of your email accounts in one location on your Mac. Simply add your existing accounts — such as iCloud, Gmail (Google), Exchange, school, work or other — in Mail.

A Mail window showing the account dialogue.

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Add more email accounts to Mail

The first time you open the Mail app , you may be asked to add an account.

  1. Enter your email address or click “choose from a list” to see a list of common domains for email accounts.

  2. Click Continue and follow the instructions to enter your account information.

If you’re already 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 settings, then click the account you want to use and make sure Mail is selected.

Add more email accounts to Mail

If you already added an email account, you can still add more.

  1. Go to the Mail app on your Mac.

  2. Choose Mail > Add Account.

  3. Enter your email address.

    Alternatively, you can click “choose from a list”, then choose your account’s domain and follow the instructions to enter your account information.

  4. Click Continue and follow the instructions to enter your account information.

Tip: If you subscribe to iCloud+, you can send and receive messages from your iCloud account without having to share your real email address. See Use Hide My Email.

See alsoApple Support Article: Choose the correct email service provider when you add an account to MailRemove or temporarily turn off email accounts in Mail on MacView email account information in Mail on MacMail Support website Helpful? Yes No Character limit: 250 Please don’t include any personal information in your comment. Maximum character limit is 250. Submit Thanks for your feedback.

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