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--- mail.app_under_macos_x [2020/06/26 07:51] – fix to correct text peteyboy
+++ mail.app_under_macos_x [2023/06/20 03:53] (current) – Update procedure for setting up Mail.app in macOS (13.4) erici
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   * Open Mail.app
-  * In the Mail menu, select Preferences
+  * Mail > Add account
-  * Click the Accounts tab
+  * Select "Other Mail Account..." and click "Continue"
-  * Select the account on the left you wish to edit
+  * Enter your Email Address and SDF password.
-  * On the Account Information tab, find "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP):"
+  * Next menu displays "Unable to verify account name of password." Fear not! Enter Username: <your SDF username> Password: <your SDF password>, Account Type: IMAP, Incoming Mail Server: <mx.sdf.org>, Outgoing Mail Server: <mx.sdf.org>
-  * Click the arrows for the dropdown menu, and select Edit Server List...
+  * Click Sign In. Check box for Mail. Uncheck box for Notes. Click Done.
-  * Make sure the server you wish to use is selected in the list, and click on the Advanced tab
+OK, now you can receive mail but not send.
-  * In the Authentication dropdown, select "MD5 Challenge-Response"
-  * Type in your SDF username in User Name field
+  * Try sending yourself an email. It won't send; it will be in the Outbox.
-  * Type in your password in Password field
+  * Click on that message in the Outbox. It displays a menu entitled "Cannot send message using the server SDF."
-  * Click ok, and close the Preferences window.
+  * Select SDF and click "Edit SMTP Server List".
+  * Enter Username: <yourusername.sdf.org@sdf.org>, Password: <your SMTP auth password>, uncheck "Automatically manage connection settings". Port: 587, check "Use TLS/SSL", Authentication: select "MD5 Challenge-Response".
+  * Close the window. Select SDF server and "Try with Selected Server".