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How do I configure my Mac email client to send and receive mail from my Inbox.com email account?

Before setting up the POP3 access you first need to activate POP3 in your Inbox account.

After you activate POP3 & SMTP access in your Inbox.com account, you can easily setup your mail client by following the instructions below:

To configure your Mac email client follow these steps:

Click on the "Mail" menu and select the "Preferences..." option.
Click on the "plus" button in the bottom left corner.
Select the "POP" option, and click on the "Continue" button.
Fill in the Account Description, Full Name and Email Address field, and click on the "Continue" button.
In the "Incoming Mail Server" field enter my.inbox.com, then fill in your User Name and Password, and click on the "Continue" button.
Select the my.inbox.com as your outgoing mail server, select the "Use Authentication" checkbox, fill in your User Name and Password, and click on the "Continue" button.
Check your account summary and click on the "Continue" button.
Click on the "Done" button.

IMPORTANT! YOU WILL HAVE TO ADJUST THE CONFIGURATION SO THAT IT IS SECURED.

Launch the Mail app if it is not already open.

On the Mail menu, click Preferences and then click Accounts on the toolbar. Select your Inbox account in the left menu and on the right please verify that section Enable this account is checked.
Click the drop down list for Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) and choose Edit SMTP Server List.
In the outgoing server list window, select the entry for smtp.inbox.com and verify or edit the following under the Account Information tab: Click the Advanced tab and verify the following settings: Use custom port: 465. Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): checked
Click OK to close the outgoing server list window.

Back on the Accounts window, click the Advanced tab and verify or edit the following settings:

Include when automatically checking for new mail: checked, Port: 995, Use SSL: checked.
Close the Preferences window.
If prompted to save your changes, click Save.