Mac OSX Mail

Document Actions

  1. Open the Mac OS-X desktop
  2. After clicking on the Mail icon
  3. Click on the menu marked Mail
  4. Go to Preferences
  5. Go to Accounts
  6. In Accounts you can adjust mail settings.
    • To adjust Outgoing mail servers click on the Server Settings button under Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP).
  7. These are the Outgoing Mail Server settings.
    • Make sure “Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)” is unchecked.
    • To change Mail so that it does require outgoing server authentication,
    • Set the “Authentication” field to “Password”
  8. Enter your User Name, and Password. The program may not pull the username and password into these fields, so ensure the correct information is entered.
  9. Saving changes: Click Okay in the Outgoing Mail Server window
  10. Then close the window by clicking on the red close button
  11. You should be returned to the normal mail window
  12. All your changes should be saved; and your computer will be set to outgoing mail authentication.

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Last modified 2006-11-10 12:45 PM