New Mac users forum: Mail on MAC

Where do I go to set this up

by amcdan2000_1 - 6/19/11 6:18 PM

In Reply to: OS X has a MAIL application, by mrmacfixit

When I click on mail icon it asks for name which I provide then asks for email address which is a yahoo account wasn't accepted and the mac program told me i needed to get yahoo plus

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That could be because you are specifying

by mrmacfixit - 6/20/11 4:59 AM

In Reply to: Where do I go to set this up by amcdan2000_1

the wrong type of account.
Go through the steps again and this time specify that the account is a POP or POP3 account.

It is the first option when creating an email account

Let us know how you get on

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Mac has a very good and free email program

by jporter - 8/22/11 12:14 AM

In Reply to: That could be because you are specifying by mrmacfixit

and yes the first thing that you have to do is to place data in the pop fields. This is how you tell the emailprogram where to go to get email or the pathway to send email. MyISP has thier
own email program, however, I elected to pass it over and use macmail. This has
given me two email programs, but I hardly have to access the ISP program as it
sends the email to it and then on to Mac email. Works just great.

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what is the email program that our ISP gave you?

by mrmacfixit - 8/22/11 5:04 AM

In Reply to: Mac has a very good and free email program by jporter

It would be really unusual for an ISP to be giving their customers software.

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email program that our ISP gave you?

by jporter - 8/22/11 7:27 AM

In Reply to: what is the email program that our ISP gave you? by mrmacfixit

This is the one our ISP provides:

SquirrelMail is typically installed for end users by their employer, the school they attend, some organization that the end user is a member of, a hosting company, or an Internet service provider (ISP)

SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no JavaScript required) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.

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