1. Open Mail
2. If the “Welcome to Mail” assistant does not appear, choose Add Account from the File menu.
3. Fill in the Full Name, Email address, and Password fields.
4. Deselect “Automatically set up account” if it is enabled. Click Continue to proceed.
5. Choose the proper Account Type.
6. Give your account a useful description, such as “Anne’s Gmail account” or “Juan’s Yahoo! email account”. It can be called whatever you want.
7. Enter your Incoming Mail Server, User Name and Password. Click Continue to proceed.
8. If prompted, enter your Incoming Mail Security settings. Click Continue to proceed.
9. For Outgoing Mail Server, a useful description such as “Gmail Outgoing Mail Server” or “Yahoo! Outgoing Mail Server”.
10. Enter the Outgoing Mail Server details.
11. If necessary, select “Use Authentication” and enter your User Name and Password. Click Continue to proceed.
12. If prompted, enter your Outgoing Mail Security settings. Click Continue to proceed.
13. Verify your settings in the Account Summary. Check “Take account online”. Click “Create” to complete the process.