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E-Mail Configuration: Apple's Mail Application
S4231 • August 2008

Auto-Configuration Tool for Versions 2.1 and Later

Download the free U-M Apple Mail Configuration Tool. You'll need to log in with your uniqname and UMICH Kerberos password.

  1. On the Blue Disc website, select Mac OS X as your operating system.

      Blue Disc website with Mac OS X selected
  2. On the Mac OS X page, download the U-M Apple Mail Configuration Tool.

      Blue Disc website with Mac OS X selected
  3. While you're there, check out the other great offerings.
  4. On your Mac, run the installer.

Manual Settings

If you prefer to configure Apple Mail yourself or through the account creation wizard when you first open Apple Mail, you'll need the following information:

Type of account IMAP
Account name ITCS IMAP account (or any name of your choice)
Email user name your uniqname
Password your UMICH Kerberos password
IMAP Path Prefix This field should be blank. (If it says "mail," delete that text.)

Email address for this account

your full e-mail address (for example, bjensen@umich.edu)
Host name for incoming mail server mail.umich.edu
Store Sent Messages on the IMAP server? Yes
Store Drafts on the IMAP server? Yes
Store Deleted Messages on the IMAP server? Yes
Message caching setting for this account Cache everything
Authentication: Use SSL with password
SMTP server (for outgoing mail) smtp.mail.umich.edu
Use SSL for SMTP: Yes
Outgoing server port number: 587


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