Mac OS X Mail How-To Guide
- Composing messages
- Creating attachments
- Setting up a sent-mail folder
- Creating a signature
- Creating an address book entry
- Selecting a recipient from your address book
- Creating a new folder
- Creating additional identities
- Configuring LDAP
Composing messages
- Open the OS X Mail application.
- Click New. The New Message screen will appear.
- In the To field, enter the recipient's e-mail address.
- In the Subject field, enter a subject for the e-mail.
- Enter a message in the empty white space.
- When you are ready to send the message, click Send.
Creating attachments
- Follow steps 1 through 5 above.
- In the New Message window, click Attach. The Finder will open.
- Browse to the desired file. Select the file and click Choose File. The file will now be attached to the message.
- When you are ready to send the message, click Send.
Setting up a sent-mail folder
- Select the folder from your folder list that you would like to use to store the sent messages.
- Go to Mailbox > Use this mailbox for > Sent
Creating a signature
- From the menu bar, select Mail > Preferences.
- From the top toolbar, select the Signatures icon.
- In the left panel, highlight your Duke IMAP account.
- Click the "+" below the next panel.
- In the middle panel, enter a name for the signature.
- In the right panel, enter the signature you want to appear at the bottom of each new message you compose.
Creating an address book entry
The Address Book is a separate application from the Mail application, but it can be used in conjunction with Mail.
- From the applications folder, open Address Book.
- In the Group panel, select the group in which you would like the contact to be created.
- Click the "+" below the Name panel. Enter the name for the contact.
Selecting a recipient from your address book
- Open OS X Mail.
- Click New. The New Message screen will appear.
- Select the Address icon. The Address Book will open.
Creating a new folder
- From the menu bar, select Mailbox > New Mailbox. The New Mailbox window will open.
- From the Location drop-down menu, select IMAP Account.
- Create a name for the new folder. Click OK.
Creating additional identities
- From the menu bar, select Mail > Preferences.
- In the top toolbar, select the Accounts icon.
- Select Account Information.
- In the E-mail Address field, enter as many email addresses as needed. Separate each e-mail address with a comma.
- The next time you compose a new message, you will see the Accounts field with each e-mail address as shown below. Note that both e-mail addresses have the same name.
Configuring LDAP
- From the menu bar, select Mail > Preferences.
- Select the Composing icon.
- Check the box next to Automatically complete addresses.
- Click Configure LDAP.
- A screen will appear for you to add a new LDAP server. Click the "+".
- The Server Info screen will appear. In the Name field, enter Duke LDAP.
- In the Server field, enter ldap.duke.edu.
- In the Search Base field, enter ou=People,dc=duke,dc=edu
- In the Port field, enter 389. NOTE: Do not select Use SSL.
- From the Scope drop-down menu, select Subtree.
- Leave the Authentication section blank.
- Click Save.
- On the next page, click Done.