OS X Mountain Lion Bible

Working with Exchange Accounts

Apple's Mail works very well with Exchange 2000, 2003, 2007, and 2010.

Using Exchange-specific features in Mail

You can force Exchange and Mail to sync by choosing Mailbox⇒Synchronize⇒"accountname", or by right-clicking or Control+clicking the account in the left column of the Message Viewer window and choosing Synchronize "accountname" from the contextual menu. If you're using Exchange 2007 or 2010, you rarely need to force synchronization, because ActiveSync maintains a continuous synchronization; but in earlier versions of Exchange, forcing a sync is a handy way to get new mail before the next scheduled sync takes place (such as when your boss says he or she just sent you a message and needs an immediate answer).

In the Message Viewer's Sidebar, you see your Exchange e-mail account listed in the Mailboxes section at top, as one of the accounts in the Inbox. (Its name matches whatever account name you provided when setting up the account.) Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the Exchange account's name to expand the mailbox and see all the folders set up at your Exchange sever. In addition to the usual Drafts, Junk E-Mail, and Trash, you see any other folders stored in Exchange.

Right-click or Control+click your Exchange account mailbox anywhere it's listed in the Sidebar, and choose Get Account Info from the contextual menu to see all messages and folders stored for your account on the Exchange server or whether you've exceeded your ...