UF Exchange
E-mail Configuration for Mac Mail
Required: An E-mail account should aready be created on the UF Exchange Server. Note that these instructions are to be used if you have a wired campus Internet connection or a ufw VPN connection.
Basic settings: mail.ufl.edu for the incoming and outgoing server address
Step 1:
Click on the Mail icon on the Dock
Step 2:
If Mail has already setup an account, please use File > Add Account to get the setup windows up. Otherwise, a screen like the one below will show up. Enter the Full name, Email address and Password. Click Continue.
Step 3:
At Incoming Mail Server Windows, fill in the appropriate information and then click Continue
- Account Type: Exchange
- Description: Your choice, i.e. UF Exchange Mailbox
- Incoming Mail Server: mail.ufl.edu
- User Name: user's GatorLink username
- Password: GatorLink password
- Please wait while your Mac Mail is 'Checking connection to Mail Server'
Step 4:
Keep SSL checked.
Authentication: Password
Step 5:
At Outgoing Mail Server, fill in the fields below and then click Continue
- Description: Your choice. i.e. UF Exchange Mailbox
- Outgoing mail server: mail.ufl.edu
- Check "Use Authentication"
- User name: user's username
- Password: appropriate password
Step 5:
Enter Email address and click Next
Step 6:
Check the settings on Account Summary and go back to change information if needed. Otherwise, place a check on 'take account online' and click Create
You are finished!