Creating a New Account
Use the following instructions to setup a new USFamily.Net email address with Mail.

• Select File > Add Account

• Enter your name, email address, and email password.
• Click on Continue.
  

• Set Account Type to POP.
• Enter a description of your email address, such as Metro Provider Account.
• Set Incoming Mail Server to mail.metroprovider.com.
• Set the user name to your full email address, and the password will be your email address password.
• Click on Continue.
  

• Enter a description of your outgoing email address, such as USFamily.Net SMTP.
• Set Outgoing Mail Server to mail.usfamily.net.
• Select Use only this server.
• Select Use Authentication.
• Set the user name to your full email address, and the password will be your email address password.
• Click on Continue.

• Select Take account online.
• Click on Create.

In order for your mail to send correctly you will need to make further changes to your SMPTP server settings.

• Select Mail > Preferences > Accounts.
• Select your email account.

• Select your Outging Mail Server, and then select Edit Server List.

• You will see your Metro Provider server listed under the description you gave it earlier. Click on it if it is not already selected.

• Select the Advanced tab.
• Set Server Port to 587.
• Make sure that Authentication is set to Password.
• Make sure that User Name is set to your Metro Provider email address.
• Click on Ok.

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