The maximum size of attachments with your Windstream email is 25 megabytes (MB). This limit is the total file size of all attachments on one email. If you need to send multiple files that add up to more than 25 MB, try sending one attachment per email, or compress the files. Apple's Mail e-mail client that is included with OS X is widely used by Mac owners for managing their e-mail accounts, be they on Apple's MobileMe or iCloud services or from a third party like. Follow the below steps to set up your Windstream email account in Mail in macOS High Sierra: Open Mail by clicking on the Mail icon. Click the Mail tab from the top menu and select Preferences. If you have not yet set up any accounts, the Mail Setup window will appear, and you can skip to Step.

• Please follow the below steps to add your windstream email account to the Windows 10 mail app. Open the mail app. Select the Collapse option in the top left hand side and there select accounts. A panel will appear at the right hand side of your screen. There select add account. In chose an account window, select other account.
• Follow the below steps to set up your Windstream email account in Mail in macOS High Sierra: Open Mail by clicking on the Mail icon. Click the Mail tab from the top menu and select Preferences. If you have not yet set up any accounts, the Mail Setup window will appear, and you can skip to Step 4. Click the Accounts icon in the Mail Preferences.

Overview

Apple Mail is the default email client that comes with every Mac using OS X 10.0 or later. This guide will show you how to configure your Apple Mail application to access email for your Media Temple server.

This article is primarily for Mail version 10.2 on Sierra (OSX 10.12.32). Your version of Apple Mail may vary depending on the version of Mac OSX you are using.

• Additional steps for older versions of Apple Mail that were released prior to Sierra have been included.

Requirements

Before you start, be sure to have these handy:

• Your domain name: example.com
• Your email address: username@example.com
  For more information, please read this article: Creating a POP/IMAP email accountCreating a POP/IMAP email account.
• Your email password.
• Your email access domain. The email access domain is completely independent of the web access domain and will look something like this: xxxx-xxxx.accessdomain.com. The 'xxxx-xxxx' string will be a series of randomized letters. This will be totally unique to your specific Grid. Read our article What is an 'Access Domain'? for more information.

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This article is provided as a courtesy. Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting third-party applications is outside the scope of support provided by Media Temple. Please take a moment to review the Statement of Support.

Instructions

Let's begin!

1. Open Mail. If you haven't added a new account yet, you'll be taken directly to the Add Account prompt. If you're adding an additional account, or this prompt doesn't otherwise load automatically, you'll need to select Add Account from the Mail menu.
3. Enter your email account information and click create.

• Full Name: Your name as you would like it to appear.
• Email Address: Your full email address.
• Password: The password for your email account.
  

4. Mail will attempt to contact the mail server. The default search uses 'autodiscover.example.com' -- unless you have this subdomain already created and an SSL Certificate installed, this will not work. However, don't worry! It's normal for this to happen due to Media Temple's servers not having autodiscover settings enabled by default.
When an autodiscover setting has been unsuccessful, the message 'Unable to verify account name or password' will appear in a new settings box.
5. Fill in the fields using your email info and access domain. If you do not see this box and are using a version of Apple Mail that was released prior to OSX Sierra, skip to 'Additional steps for older versions of apple mail'.

• Email Address: Your full email address.
• User Name: Your full email address.
• Password: The password to your email account.
• Account Type: We strongly recommend connecting via IMAP. To learn more, please see Using Email: How IMAP worksUsing Email: How IMAP works.
• Incoming Mail Server: Your email access domain.
• Outgoing Mail Server: Your email access domain.

Path Prefix: Enter /INBOX here (all capital letters).

Port: You will want to connect using the correct port based on the settings you have selected.

• IMAP: 143, or 993 if SSL is enabled.
• POP: 110, or 995 if SSL is enabled.

Outgoing Server Info

Port: You will want to connect using the correct port based on the settings you have selected.

• SMTP: 587, or 465 if SSL is enabled.

Recommended settings:

• For incoming mail, we recommend using Port 993 with the Use SSL checkbox selected.
• SSL Checkbox: Check this box if you wish to connect using SSL encryption. This feature is supported by default and you do not need to install an SSL for it to work. Note that you will also need to use an SSL port (above) if you select this option.

NOTE:

You may encounter an Unverified SSL Certificate warning if you have chosen to connect with SSL. This is common if you do not have your own SSL Certificate installed. The Grid does not allow you to install your own SSL on email. To avoid seeing this message in the future, add the existing certificate to your trust settings. The encryption in use IS safe, so you can safely select 'Connect' to continue.

• Authentication: Be sure that Password is selected from the dropdown menu.

Your email account has been created, but you'll want to verify a few steps before you get started. Select 'Preferences' from the Mail menu, and click on the 'Accounts' tab from the Preferences window.

1. Select your new account from the left hand column.
   
2. Click the 'Advanced' tab and uncheck the box to 'Automatically detect and maintain account settings.'
3. Navigate back to the 'Account Information' tab. This time, select Edit SMTP Server List... from the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop-down menu.
   
4. You will be taken to the SMTP server list. Make sure that you have selected the correct email address. Click the Advanced tab and verify the following settings:
   • Be sure the box to 'Automatically detect and maintain account settings' is not checked!
   • Enter your desired outgoing mail port. Since many ISPs block port 25 (the default outgoing mail port), we strongly suggest using port 587, or port 465 if SSL is enabled.
   • Select 'Password' from the Authentication drop-down menu, and make sure the 'Allow insecure authentication' box IS checked. If you don't see this option, you may need to update Apple Mail or Yosemite to the newest version.
     
     

That's it! You just configured your Media Temple email address on Apple Mail. As always, if you have any questions, please feel free contact Media Temple's award winning 24/7 support.

Resources

Mail User Guide

Use Server Settings preferences in Mail to change options for an account’s incoming and outgoing (SMTP) mail servers.

Windstream Outgoing Mail Server Settings

To change these preferences in the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, click Accounts, then click Server Settings.

Note: The settings you see vary depending on your account type.

Incoming mail server settings

Windstream Email Settings For Mac Mail Free

Option				Description
User Name				Your user name on the mail server.
Password				Your password on the mail server.
Host Name				The name of the mail server.
Automatically manage connection settings				Mail automatically manages settings for your email account in Mail, such as port numbers and authentication methods. If you deselect this option, you can specify the following, as directed by your email account provider: Port (or Internal Port and External Port), Use TLS/SSL: The port numbers for receiving messages, and whether to use TLS/SSL. Authentication: The authentication method. This option is available only for POP and IMAP accounts.
Advanced IMAP or Exchange Settings				Enter or change these settings as directed by your email account provider: IMAP Path Prefix: The location of your mailboxes on an IMAP server. TLS Certificate: Some mail servers require computers that connect to them to provide a certificate proving their identity. Allow insecure authentication: For email accounts that don’t support secure authentication, let Mail use a non-encrypted version of your user name and password to connect to the mail server.

Outgoing mail server (SMTP) settings

Option				Description
Account				The account of the mail server. To change outgoing server settings, as directed by your email account provider, click the Account pop-up menu, then choose Edit SMTP Server List.
User Name				Your user name on the mail server.
Password				Your password on the mail server.
Host Name				The name of the mail server.
Automatically manage connection settings				Mail automatically manages settings for your email account in Mail, such as port numbers and authentication methods. If you deselect this option, you can specify the following, as directed by your email account provider: Port (or Internal Port and External Port), Use TLS/SSL: The port numbers for sending messages, and whether to use TLS/SSL. Authentication: The authentication method. This option is available only for POP and IMAP accounts.

Windstream Email Settings For Mac Mail Account

If you change settings, click Save to save your changes.

Windstream Email Settings For Mac Mail Address