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How To Disable Automatic Detection In Mac Mail 8

Step 1: Select Mail and then Preferences.
Step 2: After selecting the Accounts along the top, select Advanced.
Step 3: You will now need to remove the check mark from the box Automatically detect and maintain account settings.
Step 4: Once the check has been removed, we will need to disable this for the outgoing email server as well. Select Account Information then select the drop down box from the bottom of the page, selecting Edit SMTP Server List.
Step 5: We will now need to select our account from the list above (if more then one), then select Advanced.
Step 6: We will now remove the check mark from Automatically detect and maintain account settings. Click OK.
Step 7: We will now need to close the account window and save the changes we made. Click the X in top left of the Accounts window, then click Save at the prompt.

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