In this tutorial you will learn how to set up the application Mail to enable you to send and receive email.
What's Needed
- A connection to the internet (see 'Getting On Line' if necessary)
- An email address, user name and password - given to you by your email provider (often your ISP (Internet Service Provider) or perhaps Google if you're using Gmail.)
- The email account type (sometimes POP but now more commonly IMAP), the name of the incoming mail server and outgoing mailserver (again, given to you by your provider.)
Mail has the icon which looks like a postage stamp. It is probably already in your dock at the bottom of your screen, if so, double click it. If it's not already in the dock it can be found in the Applications folder - double click it there.