Setting Up and Using
Mail: MAC v.10.4 - POP Settings
Electronic mail, or "e-mail," has
become an indispensable tool for intra- and inter-office communication.
It allows computers to send messages to people all over the world, as
well as Trinity students, faculty and staff. Mail
is used in reading, storing, and sending e-mail messages over the
Internet and it is designed for Macintosh users.
This program comes with MAC OS v.10.4. These pages provide
information on how to set up
Mail for your use.
E-mail Accounts and Passwords
Both faculty and staff should know
their NT account, password, and e-mail address. If you
don't already have this info please call the 2100 Help Desk.
INFORMATION YOU'LL
NEED BEFORE YOU BEGIN
E-mail
Username:__________________________________________________
E-mail
Password:__________________________________________________
E-mail
Address:___________________________________________________
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Part I: Configuring
Mail
Before you can get
your Trinity email using Mail you need to set up this program such that
it knows who you are and where from it should get you email. Following
steps should demonstrate how to setup the program for basic email use.
If you are using
Mail for the first time, you will see the following screen. Enter the
information as shown below. Mail wouldn't let you get by without typing
anything here. If have been using mail and just want to change its
settings, ship to the next screen/step.
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First Item on this window is Account Type. Trinity uses POP
servers to provide email service. Therefore you should have selected
POP as the Account Type.
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Then enter the Description. This really does not matter. The
description can be anything that will remind you that this is
account for Trinity email.
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In the field titled
Full Name , enter the name you would
like others to see on mail from you.
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On the next line, type
your e-mail address (so that others know where to send e-mail
for you). This is almost always in the form of firstname.lastname@trincoll.edu
(or firstname.lastname@mail.trincoll.edu - it doesn't matter). Thus
Jack Kerouac's e-mail address would be Jack.Kerouac@trincoll.edu.
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The next line prompts
for the Incoming Mail Server. This
is the computer your mail is stored at when it arrives.
The name of this
server is pop.trincoll.edu.
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Next item is for your User Name.
The login name is in the following format: "cmpcntr\username\firstname.lastname".
You have been provided with username when
you first got your e-mail account activated.
It is usually the first letter of your firstname, followed by up to
seven letters of your last name. (e.g. Jack Kerouac becomes jkerouac,
so he has to enter "cmpcntr\jkerouac\jack.kerouac", but Allen
Ginsberg becomes aginsber and he has to enter "cmpcntr\aginsber\allen.ginsberg").
It is important that all usernames and passwords are supplied in
lower case. The mail system is case sensitive. Epound is not the
same as epound. Some people will also have numbers attached at
the end of their username (to distinguish all the jsmiths for
example). Also remember to type the domain name cmpcntr\
before your username and \firstname.lastname
after it.
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For
Outgoing Mail Server enter following: asmtp.trincoll.edu.
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Check Use Authentication and enter your user name and
password. Note:
the user name is in the following format: "cmpcntr\username\firstname.lastname".
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An
account creation summary window will appear, press continue.
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Go
to the Mail menu and select, "Preferences"
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Select, "Server Settings" on the window that pops up.
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Change Server Port to
587 and Authentication to Password. Input
your own username and password in the boxes shown.
For
more information:
You can contact the Help Desk by visiting the desk on
B level of the LITC or calling x2100 (faculty and staff) or x2007
(students).
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Last Modified:
04/07/2008
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