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Apple's Mac OS X comes with many useful tools, one of which is Mail.app - an email client with a lot of nice features.  While we don't support Mail.app directly, there's not a lot of problems with using it (I used it myself for quite some time, until a bug with a [[GPG]] plugin made me switch to [[Thunderbird]] entirely --[[User:Huston|huston]]).
  
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You'll want to launch the New Account Assistant, either by going to the Mail menu, Preferences, Accounts, and hitting the plus sign, or by running Mail the first time.
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In the first dialog, set the following
 
  
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  Account Type: IMAP
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== Configuring access to mail.astro ==
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Account Description: mail.astro
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#If this is the first time you've launched Mail, you'll be greeted with the New Account Assistant. If you've opened it before, you may instead need to go to Mail -> Preferences, select Accounts, and click the plus sign
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Full Name: Your Name
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# In the first dialog, select "'''Other Mail Account...'''" and hit '''Continue'''
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Email Address: youremail@astro.princeton.edu
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# Next, enter your name (as you want it to appear on your email), Email address (username@astro.princeton.edu), and Password, and hit '''Sign In'''
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Hit Continue
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#* You may get an error message "Unable to verify account name or password. This is fine.
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# Now fill out the dialog as follows:
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#* '''Username''': <username>
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#* ''Note, do *not* add the @astro.princeton.edu suffix''
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#* '''Password''': <your password>
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#* '''Account Type''': <tt>IMAP</tt>
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#* '''Incoming Mail Server''': <tt>mail.astro.princeton.edu</tt>
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#* '''Outgoing Mail Server''': <tt>mail.astro.princeton.edu</tt>
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# Click '''Sign In'''
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# In the "Select the apps you want to use with this account" dialog, only check "Mail". Hit '''Done'''.
  
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Incoming Mail Server: mail.astro.princeton.edu
 
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User Name: youremailname
 
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Password: yourpassword
 
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Hit Continue. Mail will check the settings to make sure they work. If you're inside the building and plugged into a wired ethernet port it'll work fine, if not, ignore any error you get as it might not work from outside our firewall without some changes later on.
 
  
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Outgoing Mail Server: mail.astro.princeton.edu
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[[Category:Email]]
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Check the box for Use Authentication
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[[Category:Mac OS]]
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User Name: youremailname
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[[Category:Software]]
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Password: yourpassword
 
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Hit Continue. Once again, it'll check settings and may fail. Ignore this.
 
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You'll see an account summary dialog. Hit Continue. Hit Done in the next dialog.
 
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If you used the initial setup wizard to setup the account, go up to the Mail menu and select Preferences, then the Accounts option. Make sure "mail.astro" is selected.
 
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Under "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" hit the "Server Settings..." button. Make sure "Server port" is set to 25 and that "Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)" is checked. Hit OK.
 
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Hit the "Advanced" tab and make sure at the bottom of the dialog box "Port" is set to 993 and "Use SSL" is checked.
 
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Close the Accounts box and you'll be prompted to save the settings if you've made any changes. Do so and you should be ready to go.
 

Latest revision as of 17:46, 22 July 2022

Apple's Mac OS X comes with many useful tools, one of which is Mail.app - an email client with a lot of nice features. While we don't support Mail.app directly, there's not a lot of problems with using it (I used it myself for quite some time, until a bug with a GPG plugin made me switch to Thunderbird entirely --huston).

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Configuring access to mail.astro

  1. If this is the first time you've launched Mail, you'll be greeted with the New Account Assistant. If you've opened it before, you may instead need to go to Mail -> Preferences, select Accounts, and click the plus sign
  2. In the first dialog, select "Other Mail Account..." and hit Continue
  3. Next, enter your name (as you want it to appear on your email), Email address (username@astro.princeton.edu), and Password, and hit Sign In
    • You may get an error message "Unable to verify account name or password. This is fine.
  4. Now fill out the dialog as follows:
    • Username: <username>
    • Note, do *not* add the @astro.princeton.edu suffix
    • Password: <your password>
    • Account Type: IMAP
    • Incoming Mail Server: mail.astro.princeton.edu
    • Outgoing Mail Server: mail.astro.princeton.edu
  5. Click Sign In
  6. In the "Select the apps you want to use with this account" dialog, only check "Mail". Hit Done.
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