Users must configure their mail client software to connect to mail service. The following table details the information most mail clients need and the source of the information in OS X Server.
Mail client software | OS X Server | Examples |
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User name | Full name of the user | Vivian Li |
Account name or Account ID | Short name of user account | vivian |
Password | Password of user account |
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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 the Server app | mail.example.com, 192.168.50.1 |
Mail address | User’s short name, followed by the @ symbol, followed by one of the following:
| vivian@example.com, vivian@mail.example.com, vivian@[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 | vivian |
SMTP password | Password of user account |
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