Setting up email in Mac Mail
The step-by-step instructions for configuring the Mac E-mail client were created and tested on Mac OS X version 10.10 (Yosemite). Note: Mail on Mac saves the password on your machine without asking.
Step 1
- Open the mail programme.
- Click then “Add another mail account” in the menu under mail.
Step 2
- Enter your name under Full Name.
- For e-mail address, enter your e-mail address (heiner.mueller@muster.tu-darmstadt.de).
- Under Password enter your password.
- If all the details are correct, click on Next.
Step 3
- For User Name, enter the following:
- For students: <TU-ID>
- For employees using Linux: <TU-ID>@<mail domain> – e.g. ab12cdef@hrz.tu-darmstadt.de
- Select IMAP for account type.
- Enter the following at the incoming mail server for IMAP access:
- For students: imap.stud.tu-darmstadt.de
- For employees using Linux: letterbox.tu-darmstadt.de
- Enter smtp.tu-darmstadt.de at the server for outgoing e-mails.
- Now click on Register.
Step 4
- For the SMTP server, enter smtp.tu-darmstadt.de.
- Enter your <TU-ID> for the user name.
- Enter your password under Password.
- Now click on Create.
Step 5
- Now enter 465 as port.
- Select the Use SSL check box.
- Enter the password for authentication.
- Now click on Create.
