Follow the steps detailed below to use Apple Mail (Leopard) to send/receive emails from your Email account:
- Go to the Mail Setup Window and choose Add Account from the File menu
- In the Add Account box, fill in the all the necessary fields:
- Full Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages
- Email Address: Enter your full email address (user@somedomainname.com)
- Password: Enter your email password
- Deselect the checkbox next to Automatically set up account
- Click Create
- Fill in the following Incoming Mail Server information:
- Account Type: Select IMAP/POP
- Incoming Mail Server:You can obtain this information from your webmail interface and then going to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings. To access your Webmail interface, you can use the URL of the form http://webmail.yourdomainname.com
- Username: Enter your full username (same as your email address)
- Password: Enter your email password
- Click Continue
- Enter the following Outgoing Mail Server information:
- Outgoing Mail Server:You can obtain this information from your webmail interface at http://webmail.yourdomainname.com and then going to Settings > Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings
- Select the box next to Use Authentication
- Username: Enter your full username (same as your email address)
- Password: Enter your email password
- Click Continue
- Verify your Account Summary and click Create
Steps to configure TLS/SSL in Apple Mail
a) From the menu bar select "Mail > Preferences..."
b) Click on "Accounts" and then select your POP/IMAP account. Click on the "Advanced" tab. Check the box next to "Use SSL" and make sure the port number is 995/993.
c) Now select the "Account Information" tab, and click on the arrow to the right of "Outgoing mail Server (SMTP)".
d) Select "Edit SMTP Server List..."
e) Under the "Advanced" tab:
- Select "Use Default ports (25, 465 587)"
- Check "Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)"
- For "Authentication", select "Password"
- For "User Name", enter your email username
- For "Password", enter your SMTP password
f) Click "OK" and exit out of the "Accounts" screen.