Apple Mail (Mac OS X 10.5 - Leopard)

NOTE: The screenshots show a configuration example for Veronica Smyth. You will need to substitute her alias of vsmyth and e-mail address of vsmyth@purdue.edu with your own.

1. Start Apple Mail
   The Setup Wizard should start automatically.
2. In the Welcome to Mail window enter the following information:
   Your Name: Your own name as you want it to appear to others
   E-mail Address: Your @purdue.edu address
   Password: your_password

   Click Continue

   

3. In the Incoming Mail Server window enter the following information:
   Account Type: Select IMAP
   Description: This is optional.
   Incoming Mail Server: your_alias.mail.purdue.edu
   User Name: your_alias
   Password: your_password
   

   Click Continue

   

4. In the Outgoing Mail Server window enter the following information:
   Description: smtp.purdue.edu
   Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.purdue.edu
   Use Authentication: checked
   User Name: your_alias
   Password: your_password

   Click Continue

   

5. You should see a message stating that Apple Mail is:
   Checking connection to the mail server "smtp.purdue.edu"...
   
   This may take a few minutes.  After checking the connection, the Setup Wizard should display an account summary.

   Click Create

   

   Please note: If you see a message stating that,
   
   "Trying to log into the SMTP server "smtp.purdue.edu" failed."
   
   Go ahead and click Continue.
   
   
   An additional Outgoing Mail Server window will be displayed.
   * Make sure that this window shows:
   
   Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL): checked
   Authentication: Password

   Click Continue

   

   The account summary should be displayed.

   Click Create

6. Apple Mail will start up and begin to download your @purdue.edu e-mail.

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