Setting Up an Account

Before you can set up an e-mail account, you need your account name, password, e-mail server type, and the names of your incoming and outgoing e-mail servers from your ISP or network administrator. You can use an AppleScript to help you set up an e-mail account by answering a series of questions, or you can set up one by using the Accounts pane of Mail preferences. Mail allows you to send and retrieve e-mail from different types of e-mail servers, which are the locations where e-mail is stored before you access it. You can set up Mail to receive e-mail from multiple accounts where each one can have multiple e-mail addresses.

Set Up an E-Mail Account by Answering Questions

Start Mail for the first time, and the series of ...

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