Mac Mail Instructions

• Add an email account to Mac Mail
• View or modify settings of an existing email account in Mac Mail

Add an Email Account to Mac Mail

1. On the File menu, click Add Account.

On the Add Account screen:

2. In the Full Name field, type your name as you want it to appear to other people.
3. In the Email Address field, type the complete e-mail address assigned by Speartek. Make sure to include your user name, the @ symbol, and the domain name (i.e. user@speartek.com).
4. In the Password field, type the case-sensitive password that was assigned by Speartek.
5. Click Continue

On the Incoming Mail Server screen:

6. Select POP from the Account Type drop-down menu.
7. In the Description field, type a name that will help you identify the account that you are configuring.
8. In the Incoming Mail Server field, type the full name of the server provided by Speartek. This is most likely “pop.” followed by your domain name (i.e. pop.speartek.com).
9. In the User Name field, type the complete e-mail address assigned by Speartek. Make sure to include your user name, the @ symbol, and the domain name (i.e. user@speartek.com).
10. In the Password field, type the case-sensitive password that was assigned by Speartek.
11. Click Continue.

On the Outgoing Mail Server screen:

12. In the Outgoing Mail Server drop-down menu, type the full name of the server provided by Speartek. This is most likely “pop.” followed by your domain name (i.e. pop.speartek.com). (Additional Information)
    • Note: Certain Internet Service Providers (ISP) may require that you use their outgoing mail server rather than Speartek's outgoing mail server. Please consult your ISP to determine the required outgoing server configuration.
13. Check the Use only this server checkbox.
14. Check the Use Authentication checkbox.
15. In the User Name field, type the complete e-mail address assigned by Speartek. Make sure to include the user name, the @ symbol, and the domain name (i.e. user@speartek.com).
16. In the Password field, type the case-sensitive password that was assigned by Speartek.
17. Click Continue.

On the Account Summary screen:

18. Leave the Take account online checkbox checked.
19. Click Create.

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View or modify settings of an existing email account in Mac Mail

1. On the Mail menu, select Preferences.
2. Click the Accounts icon in the top toolbar.
3. Select the account you wish to modify.

Verify that the Account and Incoming Mail Server settings are correct:

4. Account Type (POP)
5. Email Address (full email address)
6. Incoming Mail Server (pop.yourdomain.com)
7. User Name (full email address)
8. Password (provided by Speartek)
    
9. Select "Edit SMTP Server List" from the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) drop-down menu.

Verify that the Outgoing Mail Server Name is correct:

10. Server Name (pop.yourdomain.com)
     
11. Click Advanced.

Verify that the Advanced Outgoing Mail Server settings are correct:

12. Ports (Use default ports)
13. Use Secure Sockets Layer (unchecked)
14. Authentication (MD5 Challenge-Response)
15. User Name (full email address)
16. Password (provided by Speartek) (Additional Information)
    • Note: Certain Internet Service Providers (ISP) may require that you use their outgoing mail server rather than Speartek's outgoing mail server. Please consult your ISP to determine the required outgoing server configuration.
17. Click the OK button.
18. Click Advanced.

Verify that the Advanced settings are correct:

19. Enable this account (checked)
20. Include when automatically checking for new messages (checked)
21. Remove copy from server after retrieving a message (checked) (Additional Information)
    • Note: With this checkbox checked, when you download new messages from the server, the messages are deleted from Speartek's mail server. If you access this e-mail account from different computers by using a mail client’s default POP3 settings, the computer that downloads a new e-mail message is the only location where the message is stored. The message is no longer on Speartek’s mail server and will not be downloaded when you connect from another computer.
    • To view your messages from different computers, you can choose to leave a copy of messages on Speartek’s mail server. Should you uncheck the Remove copy from server after retrieving a message checkbox, then we recommend that you select “After one week” from the accompanying drop-down menu. This will help to prevent your mailbox on Speartek's mail server from reaching its storage limit.
    • For more information about reading POP3 e-mail messages on multiple computers, click here:  http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/3.0/en/9954.html
    • If you configure Mail to leave messages on the server, you may need to login to your webmail account and manually delete these messages. For more information about accessing your webmail account on Speartek's mail server, please visit the Speartek Webmail Help section.

22. Close the Accounts window.

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