This document illustrates how to set up Mail on Mac OSX 10.4
for use with Courier IMAP. It assumes that an account called
mike has already been created on the server for the
domain karmak.org, and a password has been set.
In all examples that follow, you should substitute your own
account and domain (you@yourdomain.com) for those
shown.
To begin, start Mail and select File -> Add Account.
Set the Account Type to "IMAP", then enter a description, your full name, and the email address that you are using for this account.
Set the incoming mail server to "yourdomain.com", set the username to "you@yourdomain.com", and enter your password.
Set the outgoing server to "Use Authentication", and re-enter your username and password.
You may get an error similar to the one shown below at this point. If so, just ignore it.
Make sure "Use Secure Sockets Layer" is
You'll see an account summary now. Just click Continue.
Another notification screen. Click Done.
At this point you'll be taken to the main Mail screen, but there are a few more things we have to configure in the Preferences.
Select Mail -> Preferences, make sure you are on the Accounts screen, and highlight the account you just created.
Click the Server Settings button and set the Server Port to 587. Then click OK.
Now click Advanced and see that the settings are as shown below. Most importantly you want to make sure that the "IMAP Path Prefix" is set to "INBOX." (all capital "INBOX" followed by a period).
That's it. Close out the Preferences and you'll see your folder on the left.
