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	Setting up an e-mail account in Macintosh Mail.

Solution This article will assist you in first time setup for POP/IMAP accounts in the Macintosh native Mail program.

Setting up Mac Mail
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* Click Mail > Preferences... and click on the Accounts tab
* Click the + button, to add a new account

Fill in the window with:
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* Full Name: [your full name here]
* Email Address: [username@domainname.com]
* Password: your email account password

Add Account

Click Continue and fill in the following information:

for POP
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# Account Type: select POP
# Incoming Mail Server: Change to [mail.domain.com]
# User Name: your full email address [username@domain.com]
# Password: enter your email account password
# A pop up will ask you to Verify Certificate, click Connect

It will now check your connection to the server

for IMAP
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IMAP

# Account Type: select IMAP
# Incoming Mail Server: Change to [mail.domain.com]
# User Name: your full email address [username@domain.com]
# Password: enter your email account password
# A pop up will ask you to Verify Certificate, click Connect

It will now check your connection to the server

Outgoing Mail Server
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* Outgoing Mail Server: Change to [mail.domain.com]
* Use Authentication: selected
* User Name: your full email address [username@domain.com]
* Password: enter your email account password
* A pop up will ask you to Verify Certificate, click Connect

Finalize
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# Account Summary: review your account
# Make sure Take Account Online is checked
# Click Create

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19 Nov 2009 10:33 AM