Setting up the Spike email client on macOS

Learn how to set up the Spike email client on Apple macOS to access a hosting.com e-mail account. This article includes step-by-step instructions and all of the information you need to manage e-mail using Spike.

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This article demonstrates how to set up the Spike email client on Apple macOS to access a hosting.com e-mail account.

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

Start Spike.
In the Welcome to Spike dialog box, in the Add Email Address text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel, and then click Continue:

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

In the Select your provider dialog box, scroll down and click IMAP:
In the IMAP dialog box, in the Password text box, type the password for the e-mail account you created in cPanel.
Click Advanced Settings:
In the IMAP Server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name.
In the IMAP Port text box, type 993.
In the IMAP Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
In the SMTP Server text box, type mail.example.com, where example.com represents your domain name.
In the SMTP Port text box, type 465.
In the SMTP Username text box, type the e-mail address of the account you created in cPanel.
Click Login:
Spike downloads any messages in the account, and the inbox appears: