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# Setup your Email Account

Talk to NYC uses [May First/People Link](https://mayfirst.org/en/index.html) for email. MFPL provides a webmail interface, but it recommend that you setup your `@talkto.nyc` account via IMAP though your preferred client (ex. Gmail, MacMail).

If you have any problems with your email, please [open an issue](https://github.com/g0vNYC/hub/issues/new).

**Steps**

1. [Reset your account password](#reset-your-password-).
2. [Configure your email client(s)](#configure-your-email-client).
3. [Add signature](#adding-a-signature).
4. Send off an email to ensure everything's copacetic.

**Additional Resources**

* [Using Webmail](#using-webmail)
* [MFPL Email Server Configuration](https://support.mayfirst.org/wiki/faq/email/configure-email)

## Reset your password 🙈.

1. Navigate to [MFPL control panel](https://members.mayfirst.org/cp/). Login with the provided username and password.
2. Enter a new password.

## Configure your Email Client

We recommend using an email client, such as MacMail, Airplane, Thunderbird. The instructions for MacMail will work on all iOS devices.

### Setup MacMail

1. Open MacMail and navigate to preferences.
2. Navigate to Account Tab. Add a new account. Select _Other_ for provider. ![Account Tab](assets/imgs/email-setup/macmail-es-00-select-provider.png)
3. Add your email address ![Add email address](assets/imgs/email-setup/macmail-es-01-add-email-account.png)
4. Configure email servers ![Add email address](assets/imgs/email-setup/macmail-es-02-configure-email-account.png)


### Setup Gmail

If you want to received mail through Gmail, the recommend approach is to contact `hi[at]talkto.nyc` and request email forwarding. [Here’s more information]() on why we recommend this approach.

Before proceeding, follow the steps [login to webmail](). You will need to verify your email account.

#### Configure your account to send mail as your project email account

1. Login to your gmail and navigate to your settings pages.
2. Navigate to Account and Import Tab ![Account and Import Tab](assets/imgs/email-setup/gmail-01-add-account.png)
3. Enter your name as you want it to appear. Enter your email address. Uncheck _Treat as Alias_ ![Add email address](assets/imgs/email-setup/gmail-02-setup-email.png)
4. Configure your email servers. Use the username provided along with yoru email address. Your password is the same one your changed earlier.
![Configure email servers](assets/imgs/email-setup/gmail-03-configure-email-servers.png)
5. Login to Roundcube to confirm your email account.
![Confirm Email Account](assets/imgs/email-setup/gmail-03-configure-email-servers.png)


### Setup Android phone

_Add directions_

## Adding a signature

_Add basic signature template_

## Using Webmail

1. Navigate to https://roundcube.mayfirst.org/
2. Enter your username and password
3. 🙌🏾📬