This Mac 911 article is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Pamela. In our reader’s case, it revealed Charter, the operator of her Spectrum-branded service. Enter an IP address in field in the upper-right corner, click the search button, and the range to which it belongs will appear, likely the name of your ISP or a company they used to be or acquired. Click on the dropdown menu to the right of the username field and select an email address type. Type the email username of your choice into the username field. Regardless of the reason, you can confirm the address provided in an email alerting you of a login from a new location by going to the American Registry for Internet Numbers, an organization that manages IP addresses and assignments. Click on Get a new email address below the username field. It would explain why our reader is seeing this suddenly and my stepped-up authentication requirements as well. I wonder if a quiet but strong recommendation went out from a federal cyber-security office to step up authentication. This includes M圜hart (by Epic, a massive medical-data information services company) that some of my doctors use, some banking accounts, and my mail-order prescription provider.ĭid something change on January 1? To my knowledge, there was no regulatory change. Make sure the Mail checkbox is selected for the account. I noticed at the same time that several medical and financial sites I use now constantly send me a code or require a form of second-factor authentication even if I already have a code-based or another method of two-factor enabled. In Mail, choose Mail > Add Account, select an account type, then enter your account information.

Mac Mail is now set up to send and receive emails using IMAP.However, our reader started receiving these messages around January 1 of this year. Your account is now created and you'll see an account summary page.For the Outgoing Mail Server Info, fill in the required fields: SMTP Server (), User Name (enter your full email address), and Password.Complete the required fields: Mail Server, User Name (enter your full email address), and Password. For the Incoming Mail Server Info, select the IMAP for account type.A message will appear saying 'Account must be manually configured'.Complete the full name, full email address and password fields.Select Add a Mail account and click Create.View articles for SmarterMail 15.x and earlier.įollow these steps to set up Apple Mail to sync with SmarterMail via IMAP :

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