Adding an email account

When adding an account to my MacBook Air, it asks for the new email address, then it asks for a password. What password is it asking for? None of mine work!!


MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 22, 2022 4:57 AM

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Posted on Jun 22, 2022 7:29 AM

It is asking for the email account password.

Assuming you are adding a new gmail account, create the account on the gmail webmail page including creating a password for the new gmail account. Then when adding this account to the Apple Mail client, use the password for the new gmail account. The same process should be followed for any new email account. You need to create the email account on the server including a password for that account. Then add the account and password to Mail.

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Jun 22, 2022 7:29 AM in response to Sooner68

It is asking for the email account password.

Assuming you are adding a new gmail account, create the account on the gmail webmail page including creating a password for the new gmail account. Then when adding this account to the Apple Mail client, use the password for the new gmail account. The same process should be followed for any new email account. You need to create the email account on the server including a password for that account. Then add the account and password to Mail.

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