Both incoming and SMTP servers should both be “”. The first time you start mail, a dialog will appear requesting your account information: If you are already using mail, see existing user below. You can help to write this page Adding a New IMAP Account First Time User We are sorry, but this page has not been written. You’ll be able to use GPG and it’ll be embed with Apple Mail.This is better than sending traffic through a Tor exit as it is MITM resistant, but it will generate certificate errors on the client side. If you have a problem sending mail, try port 587 or configure your client to use Riseup’s email hidden service in place of the regular domain. Note: * SMTP port 465 is often blocked by exit nodes, but port 587 is less frequently blocked. Look for the onion address for and addresses and use those instead. To enhance connection security you can use Tor to connect to Riseup’s.

This will prevent a long list of potential attacks against your communication. If you need high security, you should always connect to Riseup services using the Riseup VPN.

There are many vulnerabilities with how secure connections work.

Encrypt your mail! For enhanced message security use Encrypted Email.

If you are unsure, you probably want IMAP. The first thing you need to determine before you configure Apple Mail, you need to decide if you will be using IMAP or POP. If you do want to use Apple Mail, then you can follow our instructions here. It is pretty and easy to use, but we don’t recommend it because it is not Free and Open Source Software (software libre).

Apple Mail, also known as mail.app or simply Mail, is a proprietary full featured mail client which comes with OS X.

Apple imap settings