If necessary, enable (place a check mark in) the 'Use only this server' box.ģD. Enable (place a check mark in) the 'Use Authentication' box.ģE. As in the previous dialog, the 'description' field here is also merely a cosmetic value, but we suggest typing the following: ģB. In the 'outgoing mail server' field, it's vital that you type exactly the following: ģC. Apple Mail should already have filled in your password for you (from step #1A).ģA. In the 'user name' field, type your Purdue Career Account user name.ĢE. There are many ECN mail servers (including dynamo, fairway, gilbreth, min, shay, and many others), but only one specific server name is valid for you. If you're not sure which server your mailbox is on, contact your site specialist before proceeding.ĢD. The 'description' won't have any effect on your ability to send or receive messages, but we suggest entering the following value in this field: My ECN accountĢC. In the 'incoming server' field, type the specific name of your ECN server in this format: (It is very important not to miss this! The dialog should be set only as shown in the illustration at right.

In their respective fields, type your full name, your address, and your Purdue Career Account password.ĢA. To verify or change the various settings described in the steps below, click on the Mail menu (at the top left of the screen, next to the Apple menu), select 'Preferences,' and then click the 'Accounts' icon in the toolbar.ġA. If you need to configure a new account but Mail does not take you into the account settings dialog, click on the Mail menu and select 'Preferences' then click the '+' button at the bottom of the left-side column.

Launch Mail. The first time you launch Mail, the program will likely take you into its 'Welcome to Mail' dialog (see the illustration, right). Any version of Mail running within Mac OS X 10.4.x or 10.5.x will probably work the same or similarly.Ĭonfiguring Apple Mail for a mailbox on an ECN serverġ. These instructions were written using Mail 3.5 and Mac OS X 10.5.6. Here's how to configure Mail, the e-mail client included in Mac OS X, as an IMAP client for a mailbox on an ECN server.

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