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Adding an email account in Mail on Mac OS X 10.5

Add your university email account to Mail on Mac OS X 10.5. 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 10.5 Mail (version 3.x). If this is the first time you are configuring Mail on Mac OS X 10.5, see 1422: Configuring Mail in Mac OS X 10.5 with typical mail settings.

Adding Your Email Account

  1. Open Mail.
  2. Click File > Add Account.... The Add Account assistant opens up.
  3. In the Full Name field, enter your name as you would like it to appear on email messages.
  4. Enter your email address in the Email Address field.
    • Your email address is yourULID@ilstu.edu.
  5. We recommend you leave the Password field blank so Mail prompts you to enter your password when you check mail. Click Continue.
  6. Select IMAP under Account Type and enter ISU IMAP Account in the Description field.
  7. Enter mail.ilstu.edu in the Incoming Mail Server field.
  8. Make sure the User Name field contains your ULID.
  9. We recommend you leave the Password field blank so Mail prompts you to enter your password when you check mail.
  10. Click Continue.
    • Mail will now test your incoming mail server. This may take several minutes.
    • If you did not enter your password, you will receive a message that says, "Trying to log into the IMAP server 'mail.ilstu.edu' failed." This is normal; click Continue again.
  11. Make sure there is not a check mark in the box labeled Use Secure Sockets Layer.
  12. Make sure the Authentication field is set as Password.
  13. Click Continue.
  14. Enter ISU IMAP Account in the Description field.
  15. Enter smtp.ilstu.edu in the Outgoing Mail Server field type smtp.ilstu.edu.
  16. Make sure there is a check mark in the box labeled Use only this server.
  17. Make sure there is not a check mark in the box labeled Use Authentication.
  18. Click Continue.
    • Mail will now test your outgoing (SMTP) mail server. This may take several minutes.
  19. Make sure there is not a check mark in the box labeled Use Secure Sockets Layer.
  20. Make sure Authentication is set as None.
  21. Click Continue.
  22. Click Create.
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 from off campus exclusively, you can configure it to use MailVPN settings, which eliminates the need for an independent VPN connection.

  

Article Information

  • Article ID: 1423
  • Last Review: Oct 22, 2009
  • Type: Instructions

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