naxwebsite.blogg.se - Icloud imap settings for mac mail

Sometimes I get an Error Creating Account alert when trying to connect, doesn't seem very relevant to me though. I thought I had followed the (unassertive) instructions to the letter, but I must be overlooking something very basic here that I can't see.

I have tried STARTTLS instead of TLS (Thunderbird edits the port automatically when I change).

I have written my password in plaintext and pasted it in.

I haveĮven tried in desperation even though I'm clearly instructed to do otherwise.

I have tried both and just user.name as the username for IMAP and SMTP.

User: tells me "Username or password invalid" (the Geary client does the same).I'll concentrate on Thunderbird since it's easy to test it its UI: This support article is basically referred to or reflected in every QnA thread out there ( except one that claims that omitting from the username also works for SMTP - not that directly applies to my case).

Username: This is usually the name part of your iCloud email address (for example, emilyparker, not If your email client can't connect to iCloud using just the name part of your iCloud email address, try using the full address. I'm following the directions in apple's support article, where they themselves sound unsure on what to do (!), e.g.:

They all seem to complain about "IMAP username or password incorrect", or similar, although I have confirmed I use the right password by logging into the web interface at with my apple-id credentials. I'm having no luck adding my icloud email account to either the Evolution, Geary or Thunderbird clients.