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title: "Email (POP/IMAP) Settings for Mac (macOS) Devices"
slug: "email-popimap-settings-for-macos-devices"
description: "Explore how to configure POP/IMAP email settings on macOS devices for seamless email access using Scalefusion. This guide covers server settings, port numbers, and secure email setup."
updated: 2023-09-26T15:20:18Z
published: 2023-09-26T15:20:18Z
canonical: "help.scalefusion.com/email-popimap-settings-for-macos-devices"
---

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# Email (POP/IMAP) Settings for Mac (macOS) Devices

Microsoft Exchange is one of the most frequently used email and calendar software. However, some organizations, opt for POP/IMAP-based email servers, which give the full benefits of email and at the same time keep the costs low.

Scalefusion addresses this by providing you with an easy-to-use Email Settings section, where you can configure the Email policy for your organization and then push them to Scalefusion-managed macOS devices. In this guide, we will see how to create, configure and publish an Email configuration from Scalefusion Dashboard.

## Creating an Email Configuration

The first step is to create an email configuration that can then be pushed to devices. Follow the steps below to create a email configuration,

1. Navigate to **Email Utilities > Email Settings**. Click **ADD NEW** to launch the email configurator wizard.![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/mac-25.png)
2. In the **Account Settings** tab, select the account type and fill in the account details of the account. Here you can use the custom fields/properties that you might have defined for the devices. Click **NEXT![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/mac-26.png)**
3. In the **Mail Settings** tab, provide the incoming and outgoing server settings. Click **NEXT![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/mac-27.png)**
4. In the **Apple Settings** section, select options that are applicable only to iOS and macOS devices. Click **NEXT**
  1. **Prevent users from moving messages from this account**: Prohibits the user from forwarding an email to another account. Also, the user cannot reply to a mail from a different account other than the one it originated from.
  2. **Allow a recent address to be synced**: Displays this email account in the Recent Addresses list.
  3. **Allow Mail Drop**: Allows you to send an attachment through Mail Drop. Mail Drop lets you send attachments up to 5GB.
  4. **Use only in Mail**: Enabling this option will make this account unavailable for sending mail from any app other than the Apple Mail app.![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/mac-28.png)
5. Configure additional SMTP alternative settings if required in the **SMTP Settings** tab and click on **SAVE![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/mac-29.png)**
6. Once a configuration is saved, it is available in the list of configurations. The following actions are supported for a saved configuration,
  1. **Edit**: Allows you to edit the configuration.
  2. **Publish**: Allows you to publish the configuration directly to device profiles from this screen.
  3. **UnPublish**: Choose this option to remove the configuration from a Device Profile.
  4. **Delete**: Choose this option to remove the configuration from all Device Profiles and also delete it from the Scalefusion Dashboard.![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/image%20-%202023-09-08T173836.098.png)

## Publishing an Email Configuration to a Mac Device Profile

Now that we have created an Email configuration, let us look at the steps to publish it to a Device Profile.

1. Navigate to **Device Management > Device Profiles** section.
2. Launch the Device Profile Wizard, by clicking on [**CREATE NEW PROFILE**](/docs/macos-device-profile) or select a Mac Device Profile and Edit it from the action panel.
3. Click on the **Exchange & Email** section.
4. Under **Choose Email Settings**, select the newly created email configuration,![](https://cdn.document360.io/175c0eac-012f-4410-bdc5-ac60794f82d8/Images/Documentation/mac-30.png)
5. Click **SAVE** on the top right corner to save the changes to the profile.
6. Once the configuration is published, the **Mail** client on the macOS device is configured with the email settings.

**NOTE: The end-users will have to enter the password of their account for the email sync to start working.**

## Frequently Asked Questions

**Question**: What would happen if I move the Device from a Device Profile with an Email configuration to a Device Profile without Email configuration?

**Answer**: This will cause the Email settings to be removed from the device.