Email Setup Guide
- Macintosh Mail for Macintosh OSX - Secure SMTP
Last modified: October 13 2005 11:39 am
This guide assumes your e-mail account is already setup and working in Macintosh Mail. If you have not already setup your account please click here for the POP3 and IMAP guides.
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To begin open Macintosh Mail |
1)Click 'Mail' in the menu bar |
2)Select 'Preferences...' from the drop-down list |
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3)Confirm you are in the 'Accounts' window, if not, click the 'Accounts' icon at the top of the screen |
4)Highlight your e-mail account in the 'Description' section |
5)Click the [Edit] button |
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6)Click the 'Account Information' tab |
7)Click the 'Options...' button |
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8)Tick the 'Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)' checkbox. Replace default outgoing mail port 25 with port 465. |
9)Click the double-arrows, and |
10)Select 'Password' from the drop-down list |
11)Enter your Email Adress and password. |
12)Click [OK] and close the 'Accounts' window |
Macintosh Mail is now setup to send e-mails through SSL |