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Email setup instructions for Mac OS X Mail
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By Nadine Jankowski
Published on 07.09.08
 
Using Mac OS X Mail?  Here are some step-by-step instructions on configuring your email account.

Open Mail.

On the Mail menu click Preferences. Then click Accounts.

Click the Add (+) button to add an account.

Choose POP from the Account type pop-up menu.

On the "Description" line fill in a name or description that you would like to associate with this account. This is used by Mail for display purposed so can be set to anything.

On the "Email Address:" line fill in your email address.

On the "Full Name:" line fill in your name.

On the "Incoming Mail Server:" line fill in your domain name, with the extension (yourdomain.com).

On the "User Name:" line fill in your mailbox username. For users other than the master account user, the mailbox user name must be set to the full user@yourdomain.com designation for that mailbox.

On the "Password:" line enter the password for the mailbox.

In the pop-up menu next to "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):" choose add server. The SMTP Server Options window will appear.

On the line for "Outgoing Mail Server:" fill in your domain name with the extension (yourdomain.com) unless your ISP requires the use of their mail server to send mail (MSN, Earthlink/Mindspring, and AOL are several examples; there are others).

In the pop-up menu for "Authentication:" choose "Password".

On the "User Name:" line enter mailbox username. For users other than the master account user, the mailbox user name must be set to the full user@yourdomain.com designation for that mailbox.

On the "Password:" enter the password for the mailbox. Click OK.

The Mail preferences window can now be closed.