How to configure Mac Mail 1 (Mac OS 10.3 or earlier) for use with TDS Email
To setup Mac Mail 1 for OS 10.3 follow the instructions below. For instructions on how to configure Mac Mail for OS 10.4.
- Open Mac Mail.
- If you are setting up Email for the first time a "Welcome to Mail" screen should appear. If that is the case follow the steps below; if not skip to step 4.
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
-Full Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the "From:" field of outgoing messages.
-Email Address: Your full TDS email address
-Incoming Mail Server: mail.tds.net
-User Name: Your full TDS email address
-Password: Your TDS email password
-Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): mail.tds.net
-Click OK at the bottom of the screen and then NO on the Import Mailboxes window.
-Finally, select NO again and you should be ready to access your Email. There is nothing more that needs to be done!
- If the "Welcome to Mail" screen did not appear start here: Select Mail and then Preferences.
- Select the Accounts button.
- If you have an existing Account on the left, remove it by highlighting it and selecting the Minus (-) sign at the bottom of the screen and click Continue.
- Click the Plus (+) sign at the bottom of the screen and click Continue.
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
-Account Type: POP.
-Account Description: (Type a description for the TDS email account - such as TDS.net)
-Full Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the "From:" field of outgoing messages
-Email Address: Your full TDS email address
- Click Continue.
- Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
-Incoming Mail Server: mail.tds.net
-User Name: your full TDS email address
-Password: your TDS email password
- Click Continue.
- Do not check Use Secure Socket Layer.
- In the Authentication field, select Password.
- Click Continue.
- Outgoing Mail Server: mail.tds.net
- Click Continue.
- Do not check "Use Secure Socket Layer"
- Click Continue, confirm the information is correct, and click Continue again.
- Close the Accounts Window
You should now be able to use Mac Mail to access your TDS Email account!