Setting Up Mac Mail 1.3
E-mail Client for Macintosh OS X Panther

Once you have set up an email address (or addresses) in My Account, you can use Microsoft Outlook to check and manage your email. Be sure you have set up an address first before completing these steps:

Key Settings

Incoming Mail Server = Follows this format: mail.clearwire.net

Outgoing Mail Server = Follows this format: mail.clearwire.net

SMTP Authentication   johndoe@clearwire.net  is required to send e-mail.

Editing existing e-mail accounts

Macintosh Mail is an e-mail program made by Macintosh for use on Macintosh OS X.  There are a few slight changes between the Mail program that comes with OS X (10.0) through OS X Panther (10.3).  To edit existing e-mail accounts in Mail, follow these steps:

On the Toolbar, click Mail and select Preferences from the menu.

Preferences Window:
Click the Accounts button at the top to see the screen as shown below.
On the left, highlight the e-mail account you'd like to edit.  The information for the account appears on the right.

The following screen appears. Enter your information as shown below:

Account Type = Select the option POP.
Description  =  Enter a name for the e-mail account.  It doesn't matter what you call it, but it should be distinctive.  This will help you distinguish it from any other e-mail accounts you create.
Email Address  =  johndoe@clearwire.net
Full Name  =  johndoe.
Incoming Mail Server = The Incoming (POP3) mail server  follows this format mail.clearwire.net
User Name  =  johndoe@clearwire.net
Password  =  Enter your password.
Outgoing Mail Server = Select your outgoing mail server from the list if there is more than one. mail.clearwire.net

Click the Options button for additional Outgoing settings.

Note: You may have difficulty sending mail if you have extra SMTP servers in the "Outgoing Mail Server" pull-down.  You may find odd characters such as semicolons added to your mail server settings. 

Enabling SMTP Authentication

SMTP authentication helps deter people from spamming you.  It's as simple as Entering a username and password.  Without SMTP authentication, you will not be able to send e-mail.

Click the Server Settings button under Outgoing Mail Server to see the screen below.

Outgoing Mail Server = The Outgoing (SMTP) mail server follows this format: mail.clearwire.net.
Port  =  the default port number is perfect:  25.
Authentication = Select the option Password.
User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username    johndoe@clearwire.net
Password = Enter your password.
Click OK to return to the Account Information tab.

 Remember: You may have difficulty sending mail if you have extra SMTP servers in the "Outgoing Mail Server" pull-down. 

Removing the extra "Outgoing Mail Server" settings is simple.
Click the up-down arrow next to Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) to access the Edit Server List menu.

The Outgoing Servers screen appears.
Highlight any extra SMTP Servers and click Remove Server.  You should typically only require one SMTP server.  Mail will use this server as the default.

Select the Special Mailboxes tab.
Mail provides three special mailboxes to keep copies of 1)Sent items, 2)Junk Mail, and 3)Trash.
The settings on this tab determine when items will be deleted from each of these special mailboxes.

Select the Advanced tab.
The main feature we want to mention on the Advanced tab is the option to "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message".

You should place a check in Don't put a checkmark in the option to "Remove copy from server after retrieving a message".  Otherwise, your mailbox at your ISP may eventually fill up and then you won't be able to get new messages.