Select 'Password' next to 'Authentication:' and enter your Google Mail username (including and Google Mail password.Ĭlick 'Advanced' and check the box next to 'Use SSL.' (The port changes to '995.') Select 'Add Server.' from the pop-up labelled 'Outgoing Mail Server,' and enter '' in the 'Outgoing Mail Server:' field.Ĭheck the box next to 'Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).' Open the 'Accounts' tab, and click the plus sign ➕ along the bottom to add a new account.Įnter '' in the 'Incoming Mail Server:' field.Įnter your Google Mail username (including in the 'User Name:' field.Įnter your Google Mail password in the 'Password:' field. Herewith are the google mail settings for the mac copied from Google's mail settings,Ĭlick 'Mail,' and select 'Preferences.' In Google mail settings, you will find detailed instructions on how to set up email on the mac. To solve the email issue, sign up to the free Google mail facility using the first part of your usual email address up to and your normal email password. My internet access is via network 3 using a USB Modem and like you I don't have an ISP as such. You will need a third party email provider. That one is in USA but really it doesn't matter (but probably similar in UK), and costs $15/year. Some email providers (not the free ones) will allow authenticated SMTP relay but otherwise you have to find someone else with which to take out an account with.

Otherwise you need option 2, which you will get with the.

So solution 1 is the usual one and since you are on Vodafone's network (and paying for it), they are best placed to trust you to relay email out via their SMTP server (all it does is accept the mail and then pass it on to the recipients mail server for final delivery). You authenticate yourself to their SMTP server with a user name and password, as previously arranged with them. They can see from your IP address, etc, that you are on 'their' network and therefore an already trusted subscriber, or 2. The problem with SMTP servers is that the providers of these have to assure themselves that you are allowed to use their server (so you are not a spammer).

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