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Queen's UniversityConfigure Apple's Mail Client for Mac OS X 10.7 using POP
These instructions were written using Apple's Mail Client version 5.0
New Instructions
- With Apple's Mail client open
- From the File menu select Add Account...
- The Add Account screen will open
- In the Full Name: box enter your real name
- In the Email Address: field enter your Queen's email address
- Click the Continue button
- The Incoming Mail Server screen will open
- From the Account Type: menu select POP
- In the Description: box enter a name for your connection
- In the Incoming Mail Server: box enter mail.queensu.ca
- In the User Name: box enter your NetID
- In the Password: box enter your NetID's password
- Click the Continue button
- Ignore the error
- Click the Continue button
- The Incoming Mail Security screen will open
Note If your office is located at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) or Hotel Dieu Hospital (HDH): does not support SSL Encryption and SMTP Authorization.
- Check the box beside Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- From the Authentication: menu select Password
- Click the Continue button
- The Outgoing Mail Server screen will open
- Fill in Description: Queen's
- In the Outgoing Mail Server: field enter mail.queensu.ca, Queen's uses an alternative port for Outgoing Mail Authentication (SSL). The proper port will be selected manually later in second part of the tutorial "Outgoing Mail (SMTP) tutorial".
- Click the Continue button
- The Outgoing Mail Server Encryption and Authentication Screen
- Click the Continue button
- The Account Summary screen will open
- verify all the information
- Click the Create button, then continue with Step 8 to setup outgoing mail settings.
- Apple's Mail client has now been configured to receive email via the POP protocol.
The next step is to configure outgoing mail settings. To do this follow the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) tutorial.
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