• User does NOT want all of the older (thousands) of email messages to download to new Mac laptop. User ONLY wants the email to work on the new Mac laptop from this day forward. User does NOT want the older (thousands) of email messages to be deleted from the Mail server at mac, or from the original Mac desktop Mail program.
• If your account connects using POP, then deleting server copies when you download messages is the default behaviour, unless you specifically change it by setting the checkbox 'Leave a copy on server'.This can be found under Account Settings. If your account uses IMAP then it will by its nature leave copies on the server.

• Mac Server App
• Mac Mail Server Settings

To change these preferences in the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail Preferences, click Accounts, then click Mailbox Behaviors. Open Mail for me. Note: Mail stores messages in the mailbox you specify for each option. If you select a mailbox on the mail server, the messages are available when you use your email account on another computer.

Setting an SMTP server for Apple Mail – the default Mac mail client – is necessary to start sending and delivering your emails: but is also extremely easy. Just follow these simple steps:

1. Open the voice “Preferences” in the “Mail” menu.

2. Open the “Accounts” tab and click on “Server settings”.
3. Fill the “Outgoing mail server” voice with your SMTP server name. If you don’t know it, have a look at our list of SMTP parameters or contact your provider.

4. The default “Port” is 25, but there are also other options: to know, check our article about SMTP ports.

5. Finally, choose if you want to authenticate your mailing or not (and in case fill the “User name” and “Password” field). And that’s it.

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Remember however that if you plan to set up an email marketing campaign, you should definitely rely on a professional SMTP server – an outgoing server that will guarantee the higest deliverability for all your messages.

Mac Mail Server Settings

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