- Also, Topicdesk.com has excellent tutorials including one for tuning postfix and one for Making Virtual Mail Users in OS X 10.4/10.5 Server, but the latter hasn't been updated for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Server yet and I haven't checked to see if Apple has improved that area of their Mail.
- Once the Mail service is enabled, adding users (and their mailboxes) can be performed from the Users pane under Accounts in the navigation pane. Additionally, OS X Server can be configured for.
Mail User Guide
Aol Mail Settings Mac Os X
The Mail application that ships with macOS and OS X is solid, feature-rich and spam-eliminating software that is also an easy-to-use email client. Optimized to work on the Mac, the Mail app is trouble free and full featured. It can handle all your email accounts in one place. While some email servers offer much more control or better integration with other domain services in use within a company, Mail from OS X Server is as simple to set up and easy to manage as one has.
You can change preferences for the SMTP mail server you use to send messages, as directed by the provider of your email accounts.
To change these preferences in the Mail app on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, click Accounts, click Server Settings, click the outgoing Account pop-up menu, then choose Edit SMTP Server List.
Option | Description |
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Server list | The servers available to you and the accounts that are using them. |
Add , Remove | Add or remove a server. Don’t remove a server that’s in use by an account unless you’re ready to select or add another one immediately. |
Server Settings
Option | Description |
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Description | The description of the server appears in the Mail sidebar and any pop-up menu where you choose a server. |
User Name | Your user name on the mail server. |
Password | Your password on the mail server. |
Host Name | The name of the mail server. |
Automatically manage connection settings | Mail automatically manages settings for your email account in Mail, such as port numbers and authentication methods. If you deselect this option, you can specify the following, as directed by your email account provider:
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Advanced
Option | Description |
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TLS Certificate | Some SMTP servers require computers that connect to them to provide a certificate proving their identity. |
Allow insecure authentication | For accounts that don’t support secure authentication, let Mail use a non-encrypted version of your user name and password to connect to the mail server. |