Mac OS
Configure Qboxmail Mail, Contacts, and Calendar on macOS with the correct account and synchronization settings.
In this guide, we will configure the Mail, Contacts, and Calendar apps included in Mac OS to access the email, address book, and calendar services offered by Qboxmail.
This lets you keep the email, address book, and calendars available in Webmail synchronized with Mac OS. New contacts or events created in Webmail will also be visible from Mac OS and vice versa.
Requirements
- An active email account on Qboxmail
- A domain with a Professional or Enterprise plan to access Address Book and Calendar sharing services
- Mac OS
Compatibility
We recommend using the latest version of macOS to avoid synchronization issues and to use the latest available technologies. Since the software used is already included in the operating system, there are no special precautions to report, other than installing all available updates for your Mac.
Access to Address Book and Calendar sharing services is available only for domains with a Professional or Enterprise plan.
Email configuration
To configure your Qboxmail email account in Apple Mail, use the POP or IMAP protocols to receive messages and SMTP to send them.
- Open System Preferences
- Click Internet Accounts
- In the list of accounts you can configure, select Add Other Account…
- Click Mail Account
In the window that opens, enter the following information:
- Name: name displayed in the sender field
- Email Address: email address to configure
- Password: the email account password
After completing the fields, click Sign In and fill in the remaining fields for the mail server:
- Account type: IMAP or POP
- Incoming mail server: imap.qboxmail.com
- Outgoing mail server: smtp.qboxmail.com
Click Sign In again to confirm the details entered and make sure that both Mail and Notes are selected in the next window. Finally, click Done.
When you open the Apple Mail client, it will start downloading messages for the configured account.
White Label access parameters are available for Resellers to configure in users' email clients. Using White Label parameters removes any direct reference to Qboxmail. You can download the PDF with the White Label Parameters (login required) for accessing the services from the customer area after signing in.
Address Book configuration
To synchronize and share the address books available on the Qboxmail platform, follow these steps:
- Open System Preferences
- Select Internet Accounts
- In the list that appears, select Add Other Account…
- Click CardDAV Account
- In the window that opens, in the Account Type field, select Advanced
On this screen, enter the details for the account to configure and the address of the server to connect to.
- User name: the account email address
- Password: the account password
- Server address: dav.qboxmail.com
- Server path:
/SOGo/dav/[account email address] - Port: 443, select the Use SSL option
After completing the fields, click Sign In.
After completing this procedure, the window will close and the account will appear in the list of user accounts in macOS.
When you open the Contacts app, the side menu will show the section for the account added previously, containing the contacts available on the Qboxmail platform.
Calendar configuration
To synchronize and share the calendars available on the Qboxmail platform, follow these steps:
- Open System Preferences
- Select Internet Accounts
- In the list that appears, select Add Other Account…
- Click CalDAV Account
- In the window that opens, in the Account Type field, select Advanced
On this screen, enter the details for the account to configure and the address of the server to connect to.
- User name: the account email address
- Password: the account password
- Server address: dav.qboxmail.com
- Server path:
/SOGo/dav/[account email address] - Port: 443, select the Use SSL option
After completing the fields, click Sign In.
After completing this procedure, the window will close and the account will appear in the list of user accounts in macOS.
When you open the Calendar app, the side menu will show the section for the account added previously, containing the calendars available on the Qboxmail platform.
Subscribed calendars configuration
If you subscribed from Webmail to a calendar created by another user and, after performing the synchronization described in the previous section, you do not see it in Calendar on your Mac, follow these steps:
- In the Mac Calendar app, click Calendar > Preferences, then select Accounts.
- Select the Qboxmail account, then click Delegation.
- You will see the list of calendar accounts you have access to: to view the calendar of a delegated account, select "Show".