Setting Up Apple Mail

The instructions provided in this section were verified against Apple Mail 3.6 (Leopard). They might not work with earlier or later versions of Apple Mail.

To set up Apple Mail:

  1. Run Apple Mail.

    If you run it for the first time and do not have any mail accounts configured in it, skip the next step: Apple Mail will take you directly to creating one.

  2. Open the Adding Mail Account wizard:
    1. Click Mail > Preferences....
    2. Select the Accounts tab.
    3. Click the + button at the bottom left corner.
  3. Enter the account information:
  4. Click Continue.
  5. Fill in the following incoming mail server information:
  6. Click Continue.
  7. (Optional) Specify the incoming mail security options:
    1. Select the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) check box.
    2. Select the authentication method.

      Keep the default method if you are not sure which to select.

    Apple Mail displays this setup screen only if a mail server bundled with the Panel supports SSL for the selected account type (POP or IMAP).

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  8. Click Continue.
  9. Fill in the following outgoing mail server information:
  10. Click Continue.

    Apple Mail displays overall description of the mail account that is going to be created.

  11. Select the Take account online check box and click Create.

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