OIT : E-mail Configuration Guides

Apple Mail Setup Guide for Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard"

This guide provides instructions for configuring Mail to access the central e-mail system at the University of Minnesota.

Where you see "InternetID" in the images below, you should use your own University of Minnesota Internet ID instead.

1. When you open Mail and no accounts are set up yet, you will be greeted with the "Welcome to Mail" window. If this window does not appear, then go to the File menu and choose Add Account.
   
   Enter the following settings, and then click Continue:
   
   • Full Name: This is the name your message recipients will see in the "From" field of the messages you send.
   • Email Address: Enter your Internet ID followed immediately by @umn.edu (your University e-mail address).
     
   • Password: You may optionally enter your University of Minnesota Internet password.
     If you do not supply the password now, the connection test will fail after the next step, but you will still be able to continue with the setup process.
     
   
2. At the "Incoming Mail Server" step, use the following settings:
   
   • Account Type: IMAP
   • Description: your e-mail address, or a description of your choice
   • Incoming Mail Server: YourInternetID.email.umn.edu (substituting your own Internet ID for "YourInternetID")
   • User Name: your Internet ID
     
   • Password: optional, as before
     
   
3. Incoming Mail Security:
   
   • Select Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
   • Authentication: Password
     
   
4. Outgoing Mail Server settings:
   
   • Description: This is optional, but you may enter a descriptive name, such as "UMN Secure SMTP", that will be used to identify this server if you change settings later in the Mail preferences.
   • Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.umn.edu
   • Select Use only this server.
     If you plan on adding additional outgoing servers later, you may wish to deselect this option.
   • Select Use Authentication.
   • User Name: your Internet ID
   • Password: You may optionally enter your Internet password.
     If you do not supply the password now, the connection test will fail after the next step, but you will still be able to continue with the setup process.
   
5. Outgoing Mail Security:
   
   • Select Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
   • Authentication: Password
     
   
6. At the "Account Summary" step, verify the settings you have entered.
   Do not select Take account online; there is one more setting that needs to be changed in the Mail preferences.
   Click Create.
   If you are prompted for a Keychain password, choose Cancel in the Keychain window (not pictured).
   
7. Go to the Mail menu and choose Preferences.
   Click Accounts in the toolbar at top.
   Choose your new e-mail account in the "Accounts" pane at left.
   Click the Advanced tab at upper-right.
   In the IMAP Path Prefix field, enter mail in lowercase letters, no punctuation or spaces.
   Close the Accounts (Preferences) window.
   If you are prompted to save the new settings, choose Save.