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Adding an email account in Mail on Mac OS X 10.3

Add your university email account to Mail on Mac OS X 10.3. These instructions assume Mail is already configured with another email account.

Before You Begin

This document explains how to add an additional account to Mac OS X Panther Mail. If this is the first time you are configuring Mail on Mac OS X 10.3, see 1084: Configuring Mail for the first time on Mac OS X 10.3.

Adding Your Email Account

  1. Open Mail.
  2. Click Mail > Preferences.
  3. Click Accounts in the Preferences window.
  4. Click the + (plus) button to add a new account to the right side.
  5. Select the Account Information tab.
  6. Select IMAP from the Account Type menu, and enter My ISU Email in the Account Description field.
  7. Enter your email address in the E-mail Address field. Your email address is yourulid@ilstu.edu.
  8. Enter your name as you would like it to appear on email messages in the Full Name field.
  9. In the Incoming Mail Server field type mail.ilstu.edu and in the User Name field type your ULID.
  10. We recommend you leave the Password field blank so Mail prompts you to enter your password when you check mail.
  11. Click on Server Settings and in the Outgoing Mail Server field type smtp.ilstu.edu.
  12. Click OK.
  13. Close the Accounts window. If you are prompted to save your changes, click Save.

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 from off campus exclusively, you can configure it with MailVPN settings, which eliminates the need for an independent VPN connection.

Article Information

  • Article ID: 1083
  • Last Review: Oct 21, 2009
  • Type: Instructions

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