How to set up IMAP email account for Mac Mail v2.1?

Setting Up Mac® Mail for IMAP
(Based on version 2.1 for Mac OS 10.4 Tiger)

Setting Up an IMAP Email Account
1. Select Mail / Preferences.
2. Click the Accounts button, located at the top of the window.
3. To add a new account, click the plus (+) button, located in the bottom left corner of the window, to launch the Setup Assistant.
4. Click the Account Type drop-down menu, and then choose IMAP.
5. Enter the following information:
• Account Description—Use a phrase that will help you identify this account, such as Home, Work and so forth.
• Full Name—Enter your first and last name. This is the name that will appear in the From field of messages you send, right ahead of your email
address. A company name can also be used, if you prefer.
• Email Address—Enter your entire email address
(e.g., myname@mydomain.com), using all lowercase letters.
6. Click Continue to proceed to the next window.
7. Under Incoming Mail Server, do the following:
• Incoming Mail Server—Enter the IMAP server name: imap.emailsrvr.com
• User Name—Enter your entire email address (e.g., myname@mydomain.com), using all lowercase letters.
• Password—Enter the password you created for this email address.
8. Mac Mail will now verify your address to make sure the settings are correct. This is a somewhat slow process (although not as slow as the one in Step 13). If there’s an error, recheck your information. Otherwise, just click
Continue to proceed to the next window.
9. Under Outgoing Mail Server, do the following:
• In the Outgoing Mail Server box, enter the outgoing (SMTP) server: smtp.emailsrvr.com
• Click the Use Authentication checkbox.
• In the User Name box, enter your entire email address (e.g., myname@mydomain.com), using all lowercase letters.
• In the Password box, enter the password for your email account.
10. Click the Continue button, and Mail will check the connection to make sure it succeeds. But bepatient, as it may take several minutes for Mail to
finish this final stage of the configuration process. If there’s an error in verifying your server setup, simply click Go Back to recheck your settings and make sure everything is correct.
11. When the setup process is done, you’ll see a window that summarizes your connections. Click Done to finish the setup.
12. If you have more accounts to configure, just repeat the above steps, starting with a click of the plus sign in the Accounts window, and you’ll be taken through the same set of setup screens.

Assigning SSL Secure Server Settings
After setting up your mail account, you can follow the steps below to adjust your IMAP account settings to use the secure (SSL) server. The SSL protocol allows you to send and receive secure email messages. It does not, however, secure your messages on their passage from your hosted email servers to other email servers. Before sending sensitive messages, you may want to confirm whether your recipient can receive secure mail.
1. Select Mail / Preferences.
2. Click the Accounts button, located at the top of the window.
3. Click once on your account, as it appears in the Accounts list.

To use the secure incoming mail server
1. In the Incoming Mail Server box, enter the secure server name: secure.emailsrvr.com
2. Click the Advanced tab.
3. Check the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) box.
4. The number in the Port box will change automatically. The secure IMAP server port is 993.

To use the secure outgoing mail server
1. Click the Account Information tab.
2. Click the Server Settings button.
3. In the Outgoing Mail Server box, enter the secure server name: secure.emailsrvr.com
4. Check the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) box.
5. Replace the default Server port with the secure port 465 or 587.
6. Click the OK button.
4. Close the Accounts window.
5. When prompted to save your changes, click the Save button.

Using IMAP Folders
To simplify the organization of your messages, you can indicate which IMAP folders Mac Mail should use to store sent mail, drafts, spam, and trash.
1. Select Mail / Preferences.
2. Click the Accounts button, located at the top of the window.
3. Click once on your IMAP account, as it appears in the Accounts list.
4. Click the Mailbox Behaviors tab.
5. Uncheck all of the check boxes.
6. Close the Accounts window.
7. When prompted to save your changes, click the Save button.
8. In your IMAP folder, located in the Mailboxes pane (select View / Show Mailboxes to display the pane if it’s not there), do the following:
• Click once on the Sent, Drafts, Spam, or Trash folder.
• Select Mailbox / Use This Mailbox For.
• Select Sent, Drafts, Junk, or Trash from the resulting list in the sub-menu.
9. The selected folder will disappear from your IMAP list, and will now reappear as the corresponding Mac Mail folder.

Checking for Mail Automatically
1. Select Mail / Preferences.
2. Click the General button.
3. Click the Check for new mail drop-down menu, and then indicate how often Mac Mail should check for new messages. Or, to turn this feature off, select Manually. The standard or default setting for Mac Mail is five minutes.
4. Make changes to other mail settings, as desired.
5. Close the Accounts window.
6. When prompted to save your changes, click the Save button.

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