This article explains how to setup your UAA email account with Mac OS X Mail. You must have an active Internet connection to complete these steps.
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1. If you have never opened up the application previously, you'll see the following screen when you start Mail.
- Full Name: enter your name as you would like to see displayed in sent e-mails
- E-mail Address: enter your username with @uaa.alaska.edu (username@uaa.alaska.edu)
- Incoming Mail Server: enter mail.uaa.alaska.edu
- Account Type: Choose either POP or IMAP. If you're not sure which to choose, see Choosing between POP3 and IMAP at the end of this article.
- User Name: enter your UAA username (usually begins with 'as')
- Password: enter your password
- Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): enter smtp.uaa.alaska.edu
2. Hit OK. It will verify your information and ask if you want to import mail from another program. If not, click No.
3. If the window shown above did not appear when opening the application, go to the Mail menu and select Preferences.
4. Click Accounts
4. In the Accounts window, click on the + button in the bottom left hand corner of the window
5. Enter the following information
- Account Type: Choose either POP or IMAP. If you're not sure which to choose, see Choosing between POP3 and IMAP at the end of this article.
- Description: enter an arbitrary name for your reference (e.g. UAA)
- E-mail Address: enter your username + @uaa.alaska.edu (username@uaa.alaska.edu)
- Full Name: enter your name as you would like to see displayed in sent e-mails
- Incoming Mail Server: enter mail.uaa.alaska.edu
- User Name: enter your UAA username (usually begins with 'as')
- Password: enter your password
- Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): enter smtp.uaa.alaska.edu
6. Close the window (red x in top left corner) and hit the Save button
SMTP Authentication
In order to send correctly you will also need to enable smtp authentication:
1. Under the Mail menu select Preferences
2. Click Accounts
3. Click Server Settings
4. For Authentication select Password
5. Enter your username and password. It should look like this:
6. Click OK
Choosing between POP3 or IMAP
POP3 (Post Office Protocol) downloads all of your new e-mail messages from the server to your computer, and store them locally. When the download is complete, the messages are deleted off the server by default. If you choose to leave the messages on the server you will need to make sure that you don't exceed your disk quota.
POP3 is reccommended if you're a heavy email user and will have more mail than you're specific quota (student 10MB, staff/faculty 20MB). It's also recommended if you only read your email from one computer.
IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol) leaves your messages on the server. You use an email program to 'view' your messages on the server. When using IMAP you need to make sure that you do not exceed your disk quota.
This service is excellent if you need access to all of your mail messages from multiple computers.
