Mail on a mac- Need some serious help

losst · 03-04-2007, 12:54 PM

Heres the deal i have a mac with an operating system OSX- i need help on trying to figure out how the mail system works the icon its under is like a postage stamp with an eagle on it. Tell me how to set it up please.

IamAlejo · 03-05-2007, 09:23 AM

Google (and the Help menu on the mac Mail program) is your friend here. I have instructions but they are for my school's email server....so I doubt it'd work for you.

losst · 03-05-2007, 09:50 PM

thanks dude but can you tell me more about what is the difference between this type of mail and just regular email on Aol or something close to that?

IamAlejo · 03-06-2007, 07:50 AM

There is no difference. The Mac program just connects to the server of whatever mail provider you use, and automatically gets your mail so you don't have to go to the certain website to get it. (for example, I don't have to get on webmail.vt.edu and sign in, etc...because the Mail program fetches my mail and all I do is open up the mail program). You can also have it so that it is checking on multiple mail accounts, like a gmail account or yahoo account, etc.

Hope that helped.

losst · 03-10-2007, 09:19 PM

So AOL will work and i put that under incoming mail server? and if so what do i put under Email address?

03-04-2007, 12:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
losst Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 3	Mail on a mac- Need some serious help Heres the deal i have a mac with an operating system OSX- i need help on trying to figure out how the mail system works the icon its under is like a postage stamp with an eagle on it. Tell me how to set it up please.

03-05-2007, 09:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
IamAlejo Muck Fusic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,575	Google (and the Help menu on the mac Mail program) is your friend here. I have instructions but they are for my school's email server....so I doubt it'd work for you. __________________ a man, a plan, a canal, panama

03-06-2007, 07:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
IamAlejo Muck Fusic Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 1,575	There is no difference. The Mac program just connects to the server of whatever mail provider you use, and automatically gets your mail so you don't have to go to the certain website to get it. (for example, I don't have to get on webmail.vt.edu and sign in, etc...because the Mail program fetches my mail and all I do is open up the mail program). You can also have it so that it is checking on multiple mail accounts, like a gmail account or yahoo account, etc. Hope that helped. __________________ a man, a plan, a canal, panama

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losst Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 3	So AOL will work and i put that under incoming mail server? and if so what do i put under Email address? __________________ Tyler Durden- "You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake, you are the same decaying organic matter as everything else."

03-05-2007, 09:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
losst Groupie Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Utah Posts: 3	thanks dude but can you tell me more about what is the difference between this type of mail and just regular email on Aol or something close to that?