Mac OS

This guide shows how to configure the Mail, Contacts, and Calendar application in Mac OS to access the email, address book, and calendar services offered by Qboxmail.

This way, your mail, address book, and calendars on Webmail will always be in synch on Mac OS as well. New contacts or events created in Webmail will also appear on Mac OS and vice versa.

Essentials

• An active mailbox on Qboxmail;
• A domain with Professional or Enterprise plan to access the Address Book and Calendar sharing services;
• Mac OS.

Compatibility

We recommend using the latest version of MacOS. This avoids encountering issues during synchronization thanks to the latest software updates. Since the software used is already present in the operating system of your device, there are no particular precautions to report, except to keep your Mac regularly updated.

Access to the Address Book and Calendar sharing services is only available for domains with a Professional or Enterprise plan.

Email configuration

To configure a Qboxmail email account on Apple Mail, you need to use the POP or IMAP protocols for receiving messages and SMTP for sending.

• Open System Preferences;
• Click on Internet accounts;
• In the list of configurable accounts select Add Other Account ...;
• Click on Mail account.

A window will pop up on the screen. Enter the following information:

• Name: Name displayed in the sender field;
• Email address: email address to be configured;
• Password: The password of your email account.

Once the fields have been filled in, click Sign in, and fill in the rest of the items relating to the mail server.

• Account type: IMAP or POP;
• Incoming mail server: imap.qboxmail.com;
• Outgoing mail server: smtp.qboxmail.com.

Click on Sign in to confirm the entered data and make sure that both Mail and Notes are ticked in the next window. Finally, click on Finish.

Now, the Apple Mail client should begin to download the messages from your configured account.

White Label access parameters are available for Resellers to be set in their users' email clients. By using the White Label parameters, any direct reference to Qboxmail will be removed. You can download the PDF file with the White Label settings (login required) to know more about the service and setup specifications.

Address book configuration

To synchronize and share the address books on the Qboxmail platform, follow steps as shown below:

• Open the System Preferences;
• Select Internet account;
• In the list that will appear on the screen, select Add another account ...;
• Click on CardDAV Account;
• In the window that will open on the screen, go to Account type and select Advanced.

In this screen, you must enter the data relating to the account to be configured and the server address to connect to.

• Username: the account email address;
• Password: the account password;
• Server address: dav.qboxmail.com;
• Server path: /SOGo/dav/[account email address];
• Port: 443, select the option Use SSL.

After filling in each aspect, click Sign in.

After completing this procedure, the screen window will close and the account will appear in the list of user accounts available on MacOS.

By opening the Contacts application, a section related to the account just added will appear in the side menu, with all contacts from the Qboxmail platform.

Calendar configuration

To synchronize and share the calendars on the Qboxmail platform, follow the steps below:

• Open the System Preferences;
• Select Internet account;
• In the list that will appear on the screen, select Add another account ...;
• Click on CalDAV Account;
• In the window that will open on the screen, go to Account type and select Advanced.

In this screen, you must enter the data relating to the account that neets to be configured and the address of the server to connect to.

• Username: the account email address;
• Password: the account password;
• Server address: dav.qboxmail.com;
• Server path: /SOGo/dav/[account email address];
• Port: 443, select the option Use SSL.

Once all fields are filled, click Sign in.

Once the procedure is complete, the screen window will close and your calendar account will appear in the list of the various user accounts on MacOS.

By opening the Calendar application, the section related to the account just added will appear in the side menu, showing all calendars in the Qboxmail suite.

Subscribed calendars configuration

If you have subscribed to a calendar created by another user from Webmail and, after having performed the synchronization described in the previous point, you do not see it in the Mac Calendar App, follow the steps below:

• In the Mac Calendar App, click Calendar > Settings, then select Accounts.
• Select the Qboxmail account, then click Delegation.
• You will see the list of calendar accounts you have access to: to be able to see a delegated account's calendar, select "Show" .