Editing existing e-mail accounts:

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 edit existing e-mail accounts in Mail, follow these steps:

On the Toolbar, click Mail and select Preferences from the menu.

Preferences Window:

Click the Accounts button at the top to see the screen as shown below.

On the left, highlight the e-mail account you'd like to edit and click the Edit button.

Select the Account Information tab.

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.
Email Address  =  Enter your e-mail address.
Full Name  =  Enter your name.

Incoming Mail Server = The Incoming (POP3) mail server usually follows this format:  mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.
User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @).
Password  =  Enter your password.

Outgoing Mail Server = This should be set to our 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.

 

Enabling SMTP Authentication:

SMTP authentication helps deter people from spamming you.  It's as simple as Entering a username and password.  Without SMTP authentication, you will not be able to send e-mail.

Click the Options button under Outgoing Mail Server to see the screen below.

Outgoing Mail Server = The Outgoing (SMTP) mail server usually follows this format: mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.
Server Port  =  The default port number is perfect:  25.

Authentication = Select the option Password.
User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @).
Password = Enter your password.

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.