Setting up a POP3 account with Apple Mail on OS X 10.5 Leopard

Summary:

If you're not running OS X 10.5 Leopard, your screens may be slightly different. Here is a quick summary of the important settings to use:

Account Type: POP
Email Address: username@kattare.com (your full email address)
Incoming Mail Server: mail.kattare.com
Incoming Mail User Name: (your POP3 username as displayed in the Email Management here.)
Incoming Mail Password: (your POP3 password from the same page.)
Incoming Mail Security: Use SSL, authentication; PASSWORD
Outgoing Mail Server: mail.kattare.com, check USE AUTHENTICATION
Outgoing Mail User Name: (your POP3 username as displayed in the Email Management here.)
Outgoing Mail Password: (your POP3 password from the same page.)
Account Information; Outgoing Mail Server Settings: Server Port 2525
Advanced; Incoming Mail Port: 995
Advanced; check REMOVE COPY FROM SERVER AFTER RETRIEVAL, select RIGHT AWAY

And here are the step by step instructions:

The first time you start up Mail.app it will automatically jump into the New Account assistant. If this is not the first time you have run Mail.app, you can get to the assistant by clicking File, then Add Account....

In the Add Account pane, enter your name, POP3 email address and password then click Continue.

In the Incoming Mail Server pane, select an Account Type of POP and any description of the server you like in the Description field. Enter mail.kattare.com as the Incoming Mail Server and your POP3 User Name and Password as you have been told by your local Systems Administrator, IT Guru, or the Kattare Members Section Email Management Page.

In the Incoming Mail Security pane, check the Use Secure Sockets Layer checkbox and select Password as the Authentication type.

In the Outgoing Mail Server pane, enter any description of the server you like in the Description field, mail.kattare.com in the Outgoing Mail Server field, then check the Use Authentication checkbox and fill in your User Name and Password exactly like you did in the Incoming Mail Server pane.

In the Outgoing Mail Security pane, check the Use Secure Sockets Layer checkbox and select the Password Authentication type.

In the Account Summary pane you can review your settings. Make sure everything looks right before clicking Create.

Despite having completed the setup assistant, there are still a couple of settings that will need to be changed to ensure trouble-free operation. To get started click the Mail menu followed by Preferences as shown below.

In the Preferences pane, click on the Accounts icon near the top left. Select the new Kattare account you just set up and click on the Account Information tab. Once you are on the Account Information tab, click the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) dropdown box and select Edit Server List...

In the server settings, select Use custom port: and enter 2525 in the box next to it. Everything else should already be setup. Click the OK button when you are finished.

Click on the Advanced tab on the Accounts pane. Be sure that all three of the checkboxes are checked near the top and make certain that Right Away is selected in the drop down. Double-check that Port: is set to 995 and Authentication: is set to Password.

Once that is all done and everything checks out, go ahead and close the Preferences window. It will prompt you to save your changes (which you definitely want to do).

Happy Emailing!