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Setting Up Mail.app

These instructions are for OS X 10.9 and 10.10.

  1. If you have not yet created any e-mail accounts in Mail yet then just run Mac mail and skip to Step 6.
  2. If you already have one or more e-mail accounts in Mail then run Mail.app and from the Mail menu, select Preferences….
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  3. In the Preferences window, click on the Accounts icon at the top.
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  4. In the Accounts window, click on the Account Information button. (see above)
  5. Now click the button in the lower left with a + sign on it. (see above)
  6. You should now see the Choose a mail account to add… screen.
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  7. Select the Add Other Mail Account… option and click the Continue button.
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  8. Next you will see the Add A Mail Account window. Enter your name, e-mail address, and e-mail password and click Create.
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  9. This will result in the message “Account must be manually configured”. Click the Next button.
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  10. In the Incoming Mail Server Info window enter imap.cs.umd.edu as the Mail Server. Enter your own username and password as well and click Next. apple7
  11. In the Outgoing Mail Server Info window enter smtp.cs.umd.edu as the SMTP Server. Again enter your own username and password as well and click Create.
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  12. Once you have done this the Accounts window will appear again. Click on the dropdown list called Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) and select Edit SMTP Server List… apple9
  13. In the SMTP Server List click the server you just created in the upper part of the window. It will be named smtp.cs.umd.edu.
  14. In the lower part of the window change the Port to 587. Also select Password in the Authentication dropdown list. Then click OK.
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  15. Close the Accounts window. You are finished setting up your IMAP client.