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Mail Settings for Mail 1.2 Key Settings:
Macintosh Mail is an e-mail program made by Macintosh for use on Macintosh OS X. There are a few slight changes between the Mail program that comes with OS X (10.0) and OS X Jaguar (10.2). To add new e-mail account settings in Mail, follow these steps: On the Toolbar, click Mail and select Preferences from the menu.
Preferences Window: Click the Accounts button
To create another e-mail account, click the Add Account button.
The Accounts window appears. Select the Account Information tab. Account Type = This should be set to POP. Description = Enter a
name for the e-mail account. It doesn't matter what you call
it, but it should be distinctive. This will help you
distinguish it from any other e-mail accounts you create. Incoming Mail
Server = mail.mhtc.net Outgoing Mail Server = This should be set to your outgoing mail server. Select it from the drop-down menu. Click the Options button for additional Outgoing settings. Note: You may have difficulty sending mail if you have extra SMTP servers in the "Outgoing Mail Server" pull-down. You may find odd characters such as semicolons added to your mail server settings. Click here for a page explaining how to delete the extra Outgoing Mail Servers.
Click the Options button under Outgoing Mail Server to see the screen below. Outgoing Mail Server = smtp.mhtc.net Port = The default port number is perfect: 25. Click OK to return to the Account Information tab. Remember: You may have difficulty sending mail if you have extra SMTP servers in the "Outgoing Mail Server" pull-down. You may find odd characters such as semicolons added to your mail server settings. Click here for a page explaining how to delete the extra Outgoing Mail Servers.
Select the Special Mailboxes tab. Mail provides three special mailboxes to keep copies of 1)Sent items, 2)Junk Mail, and 3)Trash. The settings on this tab determine when items will be deleted from each of these special mailboxes.
Select the Advanced tab. The main feature we want to mention on the Advanced tab is the option to "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message". You should place a check in Don't put a checkmark in the option to"Remove copy from server after retrieving a message". Otherwise, your mailbox at your ISP may eventually fill up and then you won't be able to get new messages.
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Creating new e-mail accounts:
at the top to see the screen as shown below.
