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# AccountMail

The declaration to configure a Mail account.

```
object AccountMail
```

## Discussion

Specify `com.apple.configuration.account.mail` as the declaration type.

### Configuration availability

|||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|Allowed in supervised enrollment|iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS             |
|Allowed in device enrollment    |iOS, Shared iPad, visionOS                    |
|Allowed in user enrollment      |iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS             |
|Allowed in local enrollment     |iOS, macOS, Shared iPad, visionOS             |
|Allowed in system scope         |iOS, visionOS                                 |
|Allowed in user scope           |macOS, Shared iPad                            |
|Apply                           |Multiple configurations are applied separately|

### Configuration example

This configuration sets up an IMAP email account with SMTP outgoing mail.

```json
{
    "Type": "com.apple.configuration.account.mail",
    "Identifier": "EB13EE2B-5D63-4EBA-810F-5B81D07F5017",
    "ServerToken": "E180CA9A-F089-4FA3-BBDF-94CC159C4AE8",
    "Payload": {
        "VisibleName": "Work Mail",
        "UserIdentityAssetReference": "CB3E6C7F-2318-437B-8A9E-D50C69376DE4",
        "IncomingServer": {
            "ServerType": "IMAP",
            "HostName": "imap.example.com",
            "AuthenticationMethod": "Password",
            "AuthenticationCredentialsAssetReference": "64BF8F5C-8CFD-40AA-9082-A0B594D4E100"
        },
        "OutgoingServer": {
            "HostName": "smtp.example.com",
            "AuthenticationMethod": "Password",
            "AuthenticationCredentialsAssetReference": "64BF8F5C-8CFD-40AA-9082-A0B594D4E100"
        }
    }
}
```

## Topics

### Objects

[`AccountMailIncomingServerObject`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/AccountMailIncomingServerObject)

The settings for the incoming mail server for this account.

[`AccountMailOutgoingServerObject`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/AccountMailOutgoingServerObject)

The settings for the outgoing mail server for this account.

[`AccountMailSMIMEObject`](/documentation/DeviceManagement/AccountMailSMIMEObject)

Settings for S/MIME.


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