How to Setup your E-mail Account - Entourage for Mac OS X
This document will show you how to configure Entourage on an Apple Mac OS X computer to be able to send and receive your e-mail.
1 - Open Entourage.
If you're opening Entourage for the first time, you will be greeted with a Wizard. Please close out of the Wizard.
2 - Click on the Tools menu and select Accounts:
3 - You should see this screen:
Click on New and choose Mail. The following dialog box should pop-up.
4 - Select POP under Account Type and click OK.
5 - You should see this screen:
Click the Configure Account Manually button.
6 - A window called Edit Account will open.
In the Account name field, please type in the name you want to give to your email account (how Entourage will refer to this account)
Personal Information
- In the Name field, simply enter your name
- In the e-mail address field, enter your full Earthnet e-mail address (for example, johndoe@earthnet.net)
Receiving mail
- In the Account ID field, enter your Earthnet username (usually the first part of your Earthnet e-mail address, for example, your username will be johndoe if your e-mail address is johndoe@earthnet.net)
- In the POP server field, type in your incoming mail server address: mail.earthnet.net
- In the Password field, carefully type in your Earthnet password
- Check the box that says Save password in my Mac OS keychain, unless you prefer to be prompted for a password each time you check your e-mail
Sending mail
- In the SMTP server field, type in your outgoing mail server address: smtp.earthnet.net
- Click on the button labelled Click here for advanced sending options. This will pop up the following dialog box:
- Make sure that the first 2 boxes are unchecked
- Check the third box that says SMTP server requires authentication.
- Select the second radio button (Log on using),
- Under Account ID, type in your Earthnet username
- Under Password, type in your Earthnet password
- Check the box that says Save password in my Mac OS keychain, unless you prefer to be prompted for a password each time you send your e-mail
- Close out of this dialog box.
Click the OK button to save your settings.
Congratulations, you have finished setting up your email account!