This tutorial is a breif introduction to the Email client provided by Apple.
This application is called Mail, and it's fairly simple to setup. Follow these instructions and you will have
Mail syncronized with your UW-Platteville Email.
To start, open Mail (by default located in the dock, the icon is a stamp)and you will be presented with the
following screen.
Enter your full name in the field Full Name
For Email address enter your full UW-Platteville email address. (ex. username@uwplatt.edu)
Password is the password you created for your UW-P account.
Click "Continue" to proceed...
At this screen there are a few things you will need to change to allow for access on the UW-P network.
Under Account Type select IMAP.
For Account Description you can enter "UW-Platteville E-Mail" (without quotes) if not already present.
For the Incoming Mail Server enter zimbra.uwplatt.edu
For User Name enter your UWP username
Password is the password you created for your UW-P account.
Then click Continue to proceed.
Check Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
For Authentication select Password
Then click Continue to proceed.
For Account Description you can enter "UW-Platteville E-Mail" (without quotes) if not already present.
For the Outgoing Mail Server enter smtp.uwplatt.edu
User name and Password should automatically be filled in,
if not please enter this information in to the correct dialogue boxes.
Also make sure there is a check mark in the box next to "Use Authentication."
Then click Continue to proceed.
Check Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
For Authentication select Password
Then click Continue to proceed.
At this screen please review and make sure that all information is correct.
Then press Create to proceed.
Now your finished with the configuration of Apple's Mail application.
Configuring the Campus Address Book in MAIL(OSX)
To setup the UW Platteville Address Book, click Mail then click on Preferences.
Click "Composing" at the top of the window that will pop up...
Then click on Configure LDAP
At this screen click on the + to add a server.
At the Server Info screen enter the information as followed on screen.
Name: "UW-Platteville LDAP" (without quotes) is fine.
Server: "zimbra.uwplatt.edu" (without quotes)
Port: 389
Then click Save.
Click Done then you can close the Preferences window.
Now your finished installing and configuring Mail for OSX.
To use the address book simply start typing the recipiant's name then select from the address book.
