Integrating the University E-Mail Account in macOS

• Detailed Instructions

  1. Open Internet Accounts Menu

  Open your system settings and click on the "Internet Accounts" icon. Click on the plus icon (bottom left) and select "Add Another Account".
   

  

  2. Select Mail Account

  Select "Mail Account".

  

  3. Enter User Credentials

  Please enter the following information to add the new e-mail account:

  • Full name: First name Last name (sender name of outgoing e-mails)
  • Email Address: Your university e-mail address (YourUniversity-ID@uni-muenster.de)
  • Password: Your university password

  Click on "Login".

  

  4. Enter Server Information

  • User Name: Your university ID
  • Password: Your university password
  • Account Type: IMAP
  • Incomming Server: imap.uni-muenster.de
  • Outgoing Server: secmail.uni-muenster.de

  

  5. Select Mail

  Select "Mail".

  

  6. Further Options

  Click on "Further options...".

  

  7. IMAP Path Prefix

  Please add "Mail" as Path Prefix and confirm your entry. Now you can open Mail and the university e-mail account will be displayed in the list.
   

  

  8. Adjust outgoing server settings

  Go to "Mail" - "Preferences" - "Accounts" - "server settings". For the outgoing mail server, you only enter your university ID as the user name (the complete e-mail address is incorrectly entered there when the account is created).