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How do I setup Mac Mail to use May First/People Link email?
This tutorial is based on Mac Mail v. 2.0.5 (OS 10.4, Tiger). It assumes your domain name is fullofjoy.org and your username is joyfull.
- From the toolbar, Apple Menu -> Preferences. Click the button to add a new account
[[Image:mac_mail_add_account.png|Apple Menu -> Preferences..]]
- Select POP from the Account Type drop down.
[[Image:mac_mail_general_info.png|General Info]]
- Fill in your incoming mail information. Your username and password should have been assigned to your by May First or you organization's account manager when your email account was created.
[[Image:mac_mail_incoming.png]]
- If you get the following error about not being able to connect to the server - you can safey ignore it. You are getting the error because we haven't properly setup security yet.
[[Image:mac_mail_pop_error.png|macmailerror2]]
- Set your incoming security settings (NOTE: Make sure Authentication is set to "password").
[[Image:mac_mail_incoming_security.png|macmailincsecurity2]]
- Enter your outgoing mail information. Note - your outgoing username and password is the same as your incoming username and password. And your outgoing server name should be the same as your incoming server name.
[[Image:mac_mail_outgoing2.png|macmailoutgoing]]
- Set your outgoing security settings.
[[Image:mac_mail_outgoing_security.png|macmailoutgoingsecurity]]
- You should see a summary like this.
[[Image:mac_mail_summary.png|macmailsummary]]
- When all is finished, it should look something like this:
[[Image:mac_mail_after_view.png|macmailafterview]]
- Last step: If you click on Server Settings, make sure server port is set to 587, the SSL box is checked and the Authentication is set to Password.
[[Image:mac_mail_server_settings_0_0.png|macmailserversettings2]]
This tutorial is dedicated with love, solidarity and joy to Prince and his dual monitor G5.
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