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Adding an email account in Mail on Mac OS X 10.4

Add your university email account to Mac Tiger Mail 2. These instructions assume Mail is already configured with at least one other email account.

Before You Begin

This document explains how to add an additional account to Mac OS X Tiger Mail 2. If this is the first time you are configuring Mail on Mac OS X 10.4, see 1104: Configuring Mail for the first time on Mac OS X 10.4.

Adding Your Email Account

  1. Open Mail.
  2. Click File > Add Account. The New Account Assistant opens up.
  3. Select IMAP from the Account Type menu, and enter My ISU Email in the Account Description field.
  4. Enter your name as you would like it to appear on email messages in the Full Name field.
  5. Enter your email address in the E-mail Address box. Your university email address is yourULID@ilstu.edu.
  6. Click Continue.
  7. In the Incoming Mail Server field type mail.ilstu.edu. Verify that the User Name field contains your ULID.
  8. We recommend you leave the Password field blank so Mail prompts you to enter your password when you check mail.
  9. Click Continue. If you did not enter your password you will receive the message, Trying to log into the IMAP server "mail.ilstu.edu" has failed. This is normal; click Continue again.
  10. Select Password from the Authentication menu.
  11. Click Continue.
  12. In the Outgoing Mail Server field type smtp.ilstu.edu.
  13. Click Continue.
  14. The next window shows the Account Summary. Click Continue and then click Done.

You have now configured Mail for use with the University's mail server. You may now use Mail to check and send email.

Off-campus users: To check your email from off campus, you need to first establish a VPN connection using either the Cisco VPN Client or Network Connect in WebVPN. If you use Mail primarily from off campus, you can configure it with MailVPN settings, which eliminates the need for an independent VPN connection.

Article Information

  • Article ID: 1079
  • Last Review: Oct 21, 2009
  • Type: Instructions

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