Mail

Mail is .Mac’s e-mail feature. When you set up a .Mac account, you automatically get an e-mail account in the mac.com domain name. For example, if your member name is johnjones, your email account would be johnjones@mac.com.

Your .Mac e-mail account can be accessed with Mac OS X’s Mail application or any other e-mail client software—such as Entourage or Eudora. Simply set it up as a IMAP account using the following information:

User Name: your .Mac member name

Password: your password

Incoming Mail Server: mail.mac.com

Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.mac.com

Your .Mac e-mail account can also be accessed via the Web on the .Mac Web site. This feature enables you to read and reply to your e-mail from any computer with a connection to the Internet. ...

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