Configuring Mail

Before you can start using Mail to work with your e-mail, you need to configure the accounts that it uses. If you entered account information in the Setup Assistant when you installed Mac OS X, those accounts will be configured for you already. For example, if you set up or entered the information for your .Mac account in the Setup Assistant, your .Mac e-mail account will be configured in Mail.

If you are like most Mac users, you probably have more than one e-mail address; you can use Mail to access any or all of them.

There are also several other areas that you don't necessarily have to configure before you begin using Mail, but I have included them in the section so that all the configuration information is together for your ...

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