{"id":1114,"date":"2021-01-05T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T10:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/01\/05\/4768532-how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-on-mac-os-x-mail\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:12","slug":"4768532-how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-on-mac-os-x-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4768532-how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-on-mac-os-x-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Up Hostinger Email on Mac OS X Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">To use the default Mac email application, you can <b><a href=\"\/support\/4768133-how-to-use-auto-config-to-set-up-email-on-your-ios-devices\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">configure it automatically<\/a><\/b>. You may also automatically configure <b><a href=\"\/support\/4768170-how-to-set-up-hostinger-emails-on-outlook-automatically\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Outlook<\/a><\/b> and <b><a href=\"\/support\/4768158-how-to-set-up-hostinger-emails-on-mozilla-thunderbird-automatically\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Mozilla Thunderbird<\/a><\/b>. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If you wish to set up a different application or prefer <b>manual<\/b> setup, make sure that:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">You have <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583217-how-to-create-and-delete-free-email-accounts-in-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">created an email account<\/a> <\/b>with Hostinger Email<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Your domain is <b><a href=\"\/support\/1863967-how-to-point-domain-to-hostinger\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">pointed to Hostinger<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The correct <b><a href=\"\/support\/4407237-where-can-i-find-mx-records\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Hostinger Email MX records are added<\/a><\/b> to your domain&rsquo;s DNS zone<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Then, proceed with these steps &#128071; <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"step-1---gathering-your-email-details\">Step 1 &ndash; Gather the Hostinger Email Account Details<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Gather the <b><a href=\"\/support\/1575756-how-to-get-email-account-configuration-details-for-hostinger-email\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">configuration details<\/a><\/b> of your email account:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-table-container\">\n<table role=\"presentation\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>IMAP <\/b>(incoming)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>POP3 <\/b>(incoming)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa\">\n<p class=\"intercom-align-center no-margin\"><b>SMTP <\/b>(outgoing)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Host: <b>imap.hostinger.com<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Encryption: <b>SSL<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Port number: <b>993<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Host: <b>pop.hostinger.com<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Encryption: <b>SSL<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Port number: <b>995<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Host: <b>smtp.hostinger.com<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Encryption: <b>SSL<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Port number: <b>465<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you&rsquo;re not completely sure about your <b>email password<\/b>, you can easily <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583468-how-to-reset-my-webmail-password-on-hpanel\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">reset it<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_a68ef5fc67\"><b>Step-by-Step Manual Setup:<\/b><\/h2><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Open the <b>Mail<\/b> app (icon might be different depending on version)<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/01\/75e99c56-660e-466a-bbb8-8a0f94c11fd9.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Go to <b>Mail &gt; Add Account<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Select <b>Other Mail Account<\/b> and click <b>Continue<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/01\/b067383a-4339-4d61-bbff-6f0c318c46c8.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Enter your:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Name<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Email address<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Password<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/01\/3d2bd856-054a-4286-9aa1-4c231218671e.jpg\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Sign In<\/b>.<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">In the next panel, you may see the <b>Unable to verify account name or password<\/b> message. <\/p>\n<div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/01\/77b11407-459e-4416-bb44-71ef5311cec8.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Don&rsquo;t worry, as this prompt is common. Enter the following manually:<br>&#8203;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><h3 id=\"h_9305c9faa8\"><b>Account Type: IMAP (Recommended)<\/b><\/h3><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Incoming Mail Server:<\/b> imap.hostinger.com<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Username:<\/b> your full email address<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Password:<\/b> your email password<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3 id=\"h_9a5cc0bf91\"><b>Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)<\/b><\/h3><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Outgoing Server:<\/b> smtp.hostinger.com<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Username:<\/b> your full email address<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Password:<\/b> your email password<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><ol>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Click <b>Sign In<\/b>, then <b>Done<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>&#9989; That&rsquo;s It!<\/b><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Your Hostinger email is now connected to your Apple Mail app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"fixing-possible-errors\">Troubleshooting<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Most errors are related to having entered <b>incorrect parameters<\/b> into your email client. In those cases, it is highly recommended to <b>reset your password<\/b> and re-enter the parameters one more time, making sure that the IMAP or POP3 and SMTP settings match those from <b>the table above<\/b>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting up Mac OS X Mail application with your email accounts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[191],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hostinger-email-setting-up-email-on-different-devices-and-email-applications"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/4768532-how-to-set-up-hostinger-email-on-mac-os-x-mail\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/4768532-como-configurar-el-email-de-hostinger-en-mac-os-x-mail\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/4768532-comment-configurer-les-e-mails-hostinger-sur-mac-os-x-mail\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/4768532-cara-setup-hostinger-email-di-mac-os-x-mail\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/4768532-como-configurar-e-mails-da-hostinger-no-app-mail-do-mac-os-x\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/4768532----hostinger--mac-os-x-mail\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4457,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions\/4457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}