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# Setting up Airmail on macOS

> Set up Airmail for your hosting.com email with our step-by-step macOS guide.

This article demonstrates how to set up [Airmail](https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/airmail-5/id918858936?mt=12) on macOS to access a hosting.com e-mail account.

To configure Airmail to work with your hosting.com e-mail account, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you have already created at least one e-mail account for your domain. If you have not done this, please see [this article](/docs/e-mail-accounts) to learn how to create an e-mail account using cPanel.

2. Start Airmail. The **Add your email account** dialog box appears:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-select-services.png)

   > 📘 Note
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   > The user interface displayed in these images may differ slightly from the version you have installed.

3. In the **Services** list box, select one of the following protocols:

   * If you want to use IMAP, select **Generic IMAP**.

   * If you want to use POP3, select **Generic POP3**.

4. Click **Add**. The account configuration dialog box appears:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-configure-account.png)

5. In the **Name** text box, type the name you want to appear on messages you send from the account.

6. In the **Email** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

7. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

8. Select whether or not you want to receive newsletters or save account settings on iCloud.

9. In the **Username** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

10. In the **Incoming server** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name.

11. In the **Sending server** text box, type *mail.example.com*, where ***example.com*** represents your domain name.

12. Confirm that the **Authentication** check box is selected.

13. In the **Username** text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.

14. In the **Password** text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.

15. Click **Add**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-add-account.png)

    Airmail detects the server settings automatically.

16. To allow Airmail to access your contacts, click **OK**. Otherwise, click **Don't Allow**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-access-contacts.png)

17. To allow Airmail to access your calendar, click **OK**. Otherwise, click **Don't Allow**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-access-calendar.png)

18. To allow Airmail to access your reminders, click **OK**. Otherwise, click **Don't Allow**:\
    ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb-email-airmail-access-reminders.png)

19. Airmail downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears.

## Related articles

* [Setting up Apple (Mac) Mail on macOS](/docs/setting-up-apple-mac-mail)

* [Setting up Mozilla Thunderbird](/docs/setting-up-mozilla-thunderbird)

* [Setting up Gmail to access your Hosting.com e-mail account](/docs/setting-up-gmail-to-access-your-e-mail-account)