Ensure you have the following information prior to beginning setup:

Email Address: Your Clublinks Email Address

Email Password   Your Password

Incoming mail server (POP3): mail.clublinks.net.au

IMAP - Incoming / Outgoing mail.clublinks.net.au

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: mail.clublinks.net.au


 

Open Mac Mail.
If this is the first time you have started Mail, you will be prompted to enter in your email settings. If you have already been inside Mail, click

  • ·  “Mail” menu, then 
  • · “Preferences” then
  • · ”Accounts” category >
    In the bottom left corner, click the “+” sign.

    Make sure that your settings look like the settings shown in this screenshot.

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Select Account type POP or IMAP*.  Click “OK”

This will bring up the Import Mailboxes dialog box asking you if you wish to import mail from another email client.
Click 'No' and it will open up the application fully and show you your Inbox.

It will then automatically perform a Send/Receive for email.




Once configured, Incoming Mail Server settings may need to be set.




Port 110 for POP3, port 143 for IMAP





Ensure "Use SSL" box is unticked, as shown.




*The Differences between POP and IMAP

Both POP (Post Office Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) allow people to get access to their email from a remote server; however, that is where most similarities end.


POP simply downloads email to your computer, and usually (but not always) deletes the email from the remote server. The problems arise if you have more than one device where you read your mail (desktop, laptop, tablet or phone).

Here's why it's bad:

You have to delete or file the same email on every device.

Logging into each device, you will see lots of unread emails with no indication of which you deleted, read, flagged or filed. Any folders you created and organize on one device won't be replicated on the other devices.


IMAP allows users to store their email on remote servers. This two-way protocol also allows the user to synchronize their email among multiple devices, which is extremely important today, when most people have at least two devices - their laptop and smartphone.

However, please keep in mind that the server mail box will fill faster on IMAP, so regular housekeeping of the account needs to be undertaken more often