If you entered your email account information when you registered Mac OS X, you don’t need to set up Mail again.

The following instructions are for Mac Mail in OS X v10.5 Leopard. If you need assistance with setting up Mail for Mac OS X 10.4 or later setup information, please refer to this page on the Mac support web site.

To set up your email account in Mac Mail, follow these steps:

1. Open Mac Mail and click Mail from the top menu.
2. Click Preferences and the Mail Preference window will appear.
3. Click Create New account at the bottom right of the window.
4. A pop up window will appear in front of the Mail preference window. Select the Account Information Tab from this window.
5. In the Account type drop down menu, select POP3
6. There is an open field for Description, enter a name for the e-mail account. It doesn’t matter what you call it, but it should be distinctive. This will help you distinguish it from any other e-mail accounts you create.
7. There is an open field for Email Address. In the Email Address field, type your complete email address in all lowercase letters (ex: username@domainname).
8. There is an open field for Full Name. Type the name that you wish for recipients of your emails to see when they receive a message from you.
9. There is an open field for Host name. Type your incoming mail server name in all lowercase letters (ex: pop.domainname).
10. In the User Name Field type the first part of your email address in all lowercase letters (include anything listed before the @ symbol in your email address).
11. In the Password Field, type the password you were given.
12. There is an open field for SMTP Host Name. Type your outgoing mail server name in all lowercase letters (ex: mail.domainname).
13. Leave the checkbox next to “Use authentication when sending mail” blank. Leave SMTP username and SMTP password blank.
14. Click OK. Your mail account has been created.