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I'd like to receive push Gmail emails. My organisation offers Gmail ActiveSync, and I was able to configure this to work easily on my iPhone. However I cannot seem to get it to work on my Mac.

If I try adding it bedding "New Account > Microsoft Exchange" I'm eventually hit with "Internal/External URL" which I do not have.

If I try adding it as a "Mail Account" it simply does not work, and I noted that that option has nowhere for me to enter the "domain" setting that I had to enter on iPhone.

Here are the settings that work on iPhone:

Email: [email protected]
Password: Password
Username: Email: [email protected]

Server: m.google.com
Domain: google

Thank you!

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    ActiveSync is for MS Exchange servers only. Use the Google option, for "push" or more correctly IMAP email.
    – Steve Chambers
    Commented Jul 15, 2021 at 15:12
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    Google has an ActiveSync option for paid users as it has disabled push outside the Gmail client.
    – donkey
    Commented Jul 15, 2021 at 19:09

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The macOS Mail app doesn't support ActiveSync, as documented in the Mail User Guide for macOS Big Sur 11:

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Mail on macOS uses Exchange Web Services instead, that's why you are requested to provide an "Internal/External URL", usually https://<server name>/EWS/Exchange.asmx

Since Microsoft Outlook doesn't support ActiveSync either, your only option is to configure the Mail app to use another protocol.

If the Gmail server behaves like Microsoft Exchange, you can specify the domain with this login string:

DOMAIN/USERNAME

as explained in Understanding login strings with POP3/IMAP.

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