Configuring Apple Mail for Your PhD E-Mail Account

If you have never configured Apple Mail for an e-mail account before, you can skip to the next section.

Once Apple Mail has started, and you are at the main screen, select the Preferences option from the Mail menu.

At the Window that appears, you will want to click the + button at the very bottom left under the account list.

If this is the first time you are configuring Apple Mail, you will see the following screen, simply click on Continue to get to the next step. If you are adding an account, you will already be at the next screen.

The next screen will ask for the type of account, what to call your e-mail account, your name, and your e-mail address. The type of account you want to choose is POP. To help avoid detection as spam, it is recommended that you do not use symbols such as "@" in your name.

You will now be asked to enter the incoming server name and your login information. Set the Incoming Mail Server to pop3.phdcomputing.net. Please use your full e-mail address as your User Name.

Apple Mail will now ask you to select your outgoing mail server. Set the Outgoing Mail Server to smtp.phdcomputing.net. Make sure Use Authentication is unchecked.

The last screen shows you a summary of what you entered. Be sure to review it to ensure that you entered all the information correctly.

You are now finished with creating your e-mail account. You can press Done at the next screen to begin using your e-mail.