Apple Mac OS X Server (Administrator’s Guide) - Manual (Page 406)

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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
Settings mail.example.com
192.168.50.1
Email address User’s short name, followed by the @ symbol,
followed by one of the following:
m Server’s Internet domain (if the mail server
has an MX record in DNS)
m Mail server’s full DNS name
m Server’s IP address
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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