How to Set Up Mail for Mac OS X.5 to Send and Receive Email

First, gather some information about your email account. If you don't already have this information, call methownet.com at 996.2022.

* You mail account is a POP account
* You need your email address
* Your username (username is the first part of your email address plus .methownet.
If your email address is biff@methownet.com, your username would be biff.methownet.
* Your need your account password
* Mail server is mail.methownet.com

Next, follow these steps to configure Mail:

1.Open Mail.

2. Choose Preferences from the Mail menu. If you have not yet set up any accounts, the Mail Setup window appears, and you can skip to Step 7.

3. Click the Accounts icon in the Mail Preferences window.

4. Click Create Account.

5. Choose POP from the pop-up menu.

6. In the Description field, type any name you would like to use to identify the account. This is the name that will appear in your list of accounts.

7. Fill in your email address. Fill in your username as username.methownet. It is important to add the .methownet. Fill in your password.

Be sure to leave the checkbox next to "Use authentication when sending mail" unchecked.

8. If desired, click the Account Options tabs to change the default account behavior.

9. Click OK when you are finished.

Repeat these steps for any other accounts you want to set up.

If you've set things up but can't seem to get or send email, please call us at 996-2022.

How to delete an account

Tip: Before deleting an account, save any messages you don't want to erase in a different location, such as the desktop or the On My Mac mailbox. If you are switching from a POP account to an IMAP account, set up the IMAP account first, then drag messages you want to save from the POP mailbox(es) to the IMAP mailbox(es), before deleting the POP account.

1. Choose Preferences from the Mail menu.
2. Click Accounts.
3. Select the account you want to delete.
4. Click Remove.

How to import messages and addresses

You can import mail from another Mac email application, from a Windows PC or other computer, and your contacts into Address Book.