macOS Mail

Mail app is the email client that ships with macOS.

Create new mail account

This example is for Mail app on El Capitan when you start it for the first time. There can be some differences if you have newer OS.

Select Exchange and click Click Continue.

On a newer OS version you can get this additional question. Click Configure manually.

Ignore the error message and click Continue.

If this dialog pops up then fill in your ETH user name (login) in the User Name field and mail.ethz.ch in Mail Server field. Click Sign In.

Choose the apps to use with this account and click Done.
Mail app is now set up.

External Access

The default configuration is not suitable for reading mail when not within the ETH network. Perform these optional steps to allow reading mail from everywhere.

Choose Preferences... from the Mail menu and select the Accounts icon. Note that the Internal Server field is grayed out and cannot be changed.

High Sierra and Newer

Click on Server Settings. Uncheck the Automatically maintain connection settings check box and set Internal Server to mail.ethz.ch.

Sierra and El Capitan

Click on Advanced. Uncheck the Automatically detect and maintain account settings check box.

Select the General Icon to save the changes. A dialog will pop up. Click on Save.

Click on the Accounts icon again and then on Advanced. Change the Internal Server to mail.ethz.ch. Save the changes as done above by clicking on the General icon.