
Chapter 1 Mail Service Setup 25
Configuring Email Client Software
Users must configure their email client software to connect to your mail service. The
following table details the information most email clients need and the source of the
information in Mac OS X Server.
Email client software Mac OS X Server Example
User name Full name of the user Steve Macintosh
Account name
Account ID
Short name of user account steve
Password Password of user account
Host name
Mail server
Mail host
Mail server’s full DNS name or IP
address, as used when you log
in to the server in Server Admin
mail.example.com
192.168.50.1
Email address User’s short name, followed by
the @ symbol, followed by one
of the following:
• Server’s Internet domain (if the
mail server has an MX record
in DNS)
• Mail server’s full DNS name
• Server’s IP address
steve@192.168.50.1
SMTP host
SMTP server
Same as host name mail.example.com
192.168.50.1
POP host
POP server
Same as host name mail.example.com
192.168.50.1
IMAP host
IMAP server
Same as host name mail.example.com
192.168.50.1
SMTP user Short name of user account steve
SMTP password Password of user account
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