Mac OS X Mail

Configuring Mac OS X Mail

To set up mac OSX Mail for use with your ONID e-mail account, please take the following steps:

  1. Set up Mac Mail to check your ONID e-mail
  2. Configure Mac Mail to use the OSU Online Directory
  3. Removing an account from Mac Mail

Set up Mac Mail to check your ONID e-mail

    1. Open Mac OS X Mail.
    2. The first time you run Mac OS X Mail, it will ask you to set up your mail account. Otherwise, follow these steps:
    3. Open the Mail menu and choose Preferences...
    4. Click on Accounts on the top menu.
    5. Click the + (plus) button at the bottom left to add a new account.
    6. Enter your name - this is what other people will see when they receive your e-mail.
    7. Enter your E-mail Address in the form username(at)onid.orst.edu.
    8. Click the Continue button.
    9. Select IMAP from the "Account Type" drop-down list.
    10. Type "ONID email" in the Description field.
    11. The Incoming Mail Server name is imap.onid.oregonstate.edu
    12. Enter your ONID username in the User Name field.
    13. Enter your ONID password in the Password field.
    14. Click the Continue button.

Mac Mail Incoming

    1. Mac OS X Mail will verify the settings. The Outgoing Mail Server window will appear next.
    2. Type "OSU" in the Description field.
    3. The Outgoing Mail Server name is mail.oregonstate.edu.
    4. Check the Use Authentication box. Enter your ONID username and password if they are not already there.
    5. Click the Continue button.

Mac mail Outgoing

    1. Mac OS X Mail will verify the settings. The Account Summary window will appear next.
    2. Click the Create button.
    3. The settings box will close, and you should be taken back out to the account settings page. Once you are there, click on the Outgoing Mail Server dropdown list, and click Edit SMTP Server List.

ONID SMTP Settings

    1. Click on the Advanced tab at the bottom half of this settings page
    2. Select the Use Custom Port option and type 587
    3. Click OK

ONID SMTP Settings

  1. Close all open settings boxes

OS X Mail Client is now configured to check your mail!

Configure Mac Mail to use the OSU Online Directory

  1. Open Mac OS X Mail.
  2. Click on the Mail menu and choose Preferences.
  3. Click on Composing on the top menu.
  4. Check the Automatically complete addresses box.
  5. Click the Configure LDAP... button.
  6. Click the + (plus) button.
  7. Type OSU Online Directory in the Name field.
  8. Type directory.oregonstate.edu in the Server field.
  9. Type o=orst.edu in the Search Base field.
  10. Click the Save button.
  11. Click the Done button.
  12. Close the Preferences windows.

To search for an email address while composing a new message, type the name of the person you are searching for in the To: field. It will auto complete the address and give you other matches for that name.

Searches work best when you use only a person's last name, or use the format "lastname, firstname".

Removing an account from Mac Mail

  1. Click the Mail menu, then click Preferences
  2. Click on the Accounts tab
  3. Select the account you want to remove
  4. Click the “-“ symbol in the lower left-hand corner to remove an account