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Software > Email > Apple Mail >
Configuration
Macintosh OS X comes with a program for managing your email called,
appropriately enough, Apple Mail.
Start Mail, making sure that you have an active network connection
(dial-up PPP or Ethernet). The Mail Setup dialog box will
appear.
Tip: You can recall the Mail Setup dialog box at any time
to set up an additional account by selecting Preferences from
the Mail menu, clicking Accounts, and clicking the Add
Account button (+).
Account Information
- Follow the model in the screen shot to select an IMAP account
called Columbia IMAP, and to enter your own Email Address, Full
Name, the Incoming Mail Server, and your User Name (UNI). You will need to click the link below to find out your mail server.
(View instructions for a POP account instead.)
- Click the Options button in the Outgoing Mail Server
section.
Note: In certain versions, this button may say Server Settings...

- Follow the model in the screen shot to fill in the Outgoing Mail
Server, check Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL), set the
Authentication method to Password, and fill in your own
User Name (UNI).
Tip: If you are using a non-Columbia ISP, they
may require you to use the ISP's SMTP (outgoing mail) server rather
than Columbia's. AOL, RCN Cable, AT&T DSL, and EarthLink are only a
few of the ISPs with special requirements in this regard. Check with
your ISP for configuration instructions for outgoing
mail if you use a non-Columbia ISP.
Tip: Outgoing mail uses the default port, 25, so that should be set
automatically for you.
Tip: It is safer NOT to fill in your password here, so it is not
stored on your computer.

- Click OK.
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Special Mailboxes
Click the Special Maiboxes tab.
Note: In certain versions, this tab is called Mailbox Behaviors.
You can set these items according to your personal preference, but
note the following:
- If you want to save copies of mail you send, check Store sent
messages on the server. They will be stored in a mailbox named
Sent.
- You can also have Mail delete sent mail automatically after a
pre-set period if you choose.
- AcIS recommends that you check both boxes in the Trash
section. This means that you will be able to UNDELETE messages by
looking in the Trash mailbox.
- You can have Mail empty your Trash mailbox automatically if you
don't want to have to remember to do this manually.

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Advanced
Click the Advanced tab.
- Follow the model in the screen shot by checking the two boxes at
the top and the Use SSL box at the bottom. (View
instructions for a POP account instead.)
- The IMAP port is the default, 993, and should be filled in for
you automatically.
- Set the authentication method to Password and click
OK. You will be prompted for your password so Mail can connect
to your account and retrieve your messages.

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Configure Mail to Use LDAP (The Columbia Directory)
Select Preferences from the Mail menu and click
Composing.

- Click the Configure LDAP button.
- In the window that appears, click the Add button.

- Enter Columbia LDAP for Name and
ldap.columbia.edu for Server. Click Save and then
Close.
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