Configuring Macintosh Mail

Summary

Rules

Prerequisites

1. Users must have an active wildblue.net email account.
2. Enable POP3 settings inside the Gmail interface.

Content

1. Open Apple Mail
2. Click Mail on the top bar. Then click Preferences from the drop-down menu.

3. Click the Accounts tab at the top, then click the plus sign (+) along the bottom to add a new account.
4. Type pop.gmail.com in the section labeled Incoming Mail Server.
5. Type your WildBlue username (including @wildblue.net) in the User Name field.
6. Type the WildBlue password in the Password field.
7. In the section labeled Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP), click the dropdown arrow and click Add Server.
8. Type smtp.gmail.com in the Outgoing Mail Server field.
9. Type 465 into the section labeled Server Port.
10. Check the box next to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL).
11. Select Password next to Authentication, then type your WildBlue username (including @wildblue.net) and password.
12. Click OK

13. Click the Advanced tab and check the box next to Use SSL. the port changes to 995.
14. Exit the Accounts page and click Save to finalize the settings.

Internal Notes