Setting up Mail on Mac OSX Snow Leopard

Setting up Mail on Mac OSX Snow Leopard

• First you will need to open the Mail program, it is normally assigned to the dock but may be in the applications folder.
  • The icon for Mail is the postage stamp as seen in the screenshot below.

• Once you have opened the Mail program, you will need to select file in the menu bar at the top of the desktop and select add account.

Menu Bar - In order to get the menu bar for the program you want, you must bring the program window to the front. It defaults to finder or another selected program otherwise.

• From the add accounts window you will start inputting you email information.

• Click continue after filling out the appropriate information.

Username - On the incoming server window, the username field defaults to not include the "@acd.net" make sure to include this as well.

• Click continue after filling out the appropriate information.

• Click continue after filling out the appropriate information.

• Mail will check connection and give this screen.

• Click continue to proceed unsecured.

SSL "on" - You may notice on the account summary page that SSL is on for the incoming server. Don't worry about it now, I will cover how to change this in the server settings wiki.

• Select "take account online" and click create.
  • Close the mail client and re-open it to verify you can send and receive email.