I can't set up a POP email account

badamsfx wrote:

I am moving to a Mac mini M1 on OS Ventura 13.2.1 from a Mac Pro 2010 on OS High Sierra 10.13.6 and am trying to set up my Earthlink email address as a POP account. The Earthlink mail server limits you to 100MB of storage so I run out of space in days when using IMAP. I hoped to send pictures of my process but can't get them to show up here. To set up a new email address I go to Internet Accounts in settings, create a new account, put in my email address and password and then it just creates an IMAP based account, there is no option to set it up as POP. If I try to change the server to POP after the account is created I just get an error message. I will try talking to Earthlink but their support page for this is many years old.

yes IMAP is the default, however

You can trick the interface—

enter a bogus address that does not resolve to open an extended dialog w/ POP option; then enter all your correct info.

badamsfx wrote:

Fantastic, this worked, thanks so much! A followup question, can describe how you post images in your reply? I can't seem to get it to work.

good computing badamsfx !

drag & drop your image or use the tool bar editor below: