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Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, 8th Edition
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, 8th Edition

by Guy Hart-Davis
February 2026
Beginner
336 pages
11h 51m
English
Wiley
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Chapter 7

Sending and Receiving E-Mail

macOS includes Mail, a powerful but easy-to-use e-mail app. After setting up your e-mail accounts, you can send and receive e-mail messages and files.

Screenshot of an email interface with a dropdown menu to block a sender. The sender's email is Some idiot at Mac.

Set Up Your E-Mail Accounts

Send an E-Mail Message

Receive and Read Your Messages

Reply to or Forward a Message

Send and Receive Files via E-Mail

View E-Mail Messages by Conversations

Block and Unblock Contacts

Reduce the Amount of Spam You Receive

Set Up Your E-Mail Accounts

With the Mail app you can send and receive e-mail messages easily using your existing e-mail accounts. If you add an iCloud account to your user account during initial setup or in System Settings, macOS can automatically set up e-mail in Mail. After setup, you can add other e-mail accounts manually. For some accounts, you need only your e-mail address and your password. For other accounts, you also need to enter the addresses and types of your provider’s mail servers. If the provider offers two-factor authentication, which gives you an extra layer of security, you should use it.

Set Up Your E-Mail Accounts

Screenshot of an email interface with 'add account' option highlighted.

001 Click Mail () on the Dock.

Mail opens.

Click Mail.

The Mail menu opens.

Click Add Account.

The Add Account dialog ...

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