We have pre-filled information from our server. It is standard, and your email provider is very likely to have the same requirements. See below for an explanation for each field.
• Full Name - This is how Apple Mail will display your name in emails you send out. Either a simple "Joe", or a more complete "Dr. J.R Philips"
• Email Address - The email is supplied by contact.
• Incoming Mail Server - Most of the time, the mail server will simply be mail.(yourDomain).com.au. If unsure, please call contACT on (02) 6175 1111.
• Account Type - The two most common email account types are POP3 and IMAP. Your email account is most probably POP3. As far as setting up Apple Mail, this difference is minor.
• User Name - The user name is what allows the mail server to know which mailbox you are trying to access. The user name is your complete email address. In rare cases, your user name can be something completely different from your email address.
• Password - Use here the password you were assigned or chose; this allows the mail server to authenticate you, and ensure that you are authorized to access a given email account.
• Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) - The outgoing mail server is generally the same as the incoming mail server. In some cases, it is of the form smtp.yourDomain.com.
Note: SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transport Protocol
TESTING YOUR NEW EMAIL ACCOUNT SETUP IN APPLE MAIL
Once you have filled out all the information, click the Ok button, and apple mail try to establish a connection with your email server. If it generates any errors, check the spelling of the information you entered. If it is correct, call ContACT on (02) 6175 1111.
If Apple Mail was successful in establishing a connection with your mail server, it will ask you if you want to import mailboxes from other email clients.
Don't worry, Apple Mail will ask even if no email clients were previously setup on your computer.
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Apple Mail lets you import information from the following email applications: Entourage, Outlook Express, Claris Emailer, Netscape, or Eudora. |
We click No. You are now ready to use Apple Mail as your email client. Note that, if you have setup a webmail service in Mac Mail, you can still check your emails online, while away from your computer. Use webmail for this address to go to is e.g. http://webmail.(yourdomain).com.au.
You are now setup
