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Macintosh - Mail 1.3

Basic Configuration

Basic configuration of Mail 1.3 is quite easy, here is how:

Note: If you have already run through the Setup Assistant when you first installed MacOSX, you may have already setup default email settings for your system. If these settings are not working, you will need to edit your configuration settings to ensure the correct details are set.

  1. Click the Mail shortcut in the dock
  2. Click the Mail menu
  3. Click Preferences
  4. Ensure Accounts is selected

  5. Click the "+" symbol in the lower left hand corner of the accounts window to create a new account
  6. Ensure the Account Type list is set to POP Account
  7. Within the Description box, replace jcitizen (in the above example) with your own username (the first part of your email address, the bit before the @ symbol) and add (VICNET) onto that.
  8. Within the Email Address box, replace jcitizen (in the above example) with your own username (the first part of your email address, the bit before the @ symbol) and add @vicnet.net.au onto that.
  9. Within the Full Name box, type the name that people see when you send an email to them. This setting is not technical and can essentially be anything.
  10. Within the Incoming Mail Server box, type mail.vicnet.net.au
  11. Within the User name box, replace jcitizen (in the above example) with your own username (the first part of your email address, the bit before the @ symbol).
  12. Within the Password box, type your password

  13. From the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)drop down box, Select Add Server
  14. Within the Outgoing Mail Server type mail.vicnet.net.au
  15. Click OK

  16. Click the Advanced Tab tab
  17. From the Remove copy from server after retrieving a message drop down box select Right away

  18. Click Close
  19. Click Save

Those are all the settings you need. Your installation of Mail 1.3 is now configured to send and receive e-mail!