Information Technology

MacMail Information

Configuring MacMail for IMAP Protocol

  1. Open MacMail.
  2. The first time you use MacMail, the following window will appear.  Enter your information as shown on the following image; then click OK.

    Please note this difference in entering information:
    -  pepperdine\username (for faculty/staff)
    -  student\username (for students)


    Welcome to MacMail
  3. Click Continue (twice) to proceed past the following and another Error screen.

    MacMail Error Screen
     
  4. Decide whether or not to import mailboxes from another e-mail program.  For these instructions, click No.

    Import Mailboxes Screen
  5. From the Mail menu, choose Preferences; select Accounts across the top of the window; select the Account Information tab; be sure your e-mail account is lighlighted in the left Accounts column; then enter your information as shown on the following image.

    MacMail Accounts Screen
     
  6. In the above Accounts window, click the Server Settings... button; enter your information as shown on the following image; then click OK.

    MacMail SMTP Server Options
  7. Back in the Accounts window, select the Advanced tab; enter your information as shown on the following image; then close the window to save your information.

    MacMail Accounts Window
     

More information is available about the Pepperdine Exchange server; IMAP, POP, and MAPI e-mail protocol explanations; and general configuration information.

 

Get more help from the IT Help Desk at 1-310-506-HELP (4357).