The University of Texas at Austin

Austin Exchange Messaging Service

Setting Up Apple OS X Mail (Mac)

  • Operating System: Mac OS X 10. 3 and 10.4

  • Application: Apple OS X Mail

Setting Up Apple OS X Mail for Austin Exchange Messaging Service

  1. Open Mail.

  2. If you see a Welcome screen, select Continue. Otherwise, from the File menu, select Add Account.

  3. From the Account Type drop-down menu, select Exchange.

  4. In the Full Name field, enter your name.

  5. Enter your Austin Exchange Messaging Service (AEMS) email address (for example, username@austin.utexas.edu, where username is your AEMS user name).

  6. Select Continue.

  7. In the Incoming Mail Server field, enter "wmail.austin.utexas.edu".

  8. In the User Name field, enter your UT EID.

    NOTE: If your UT EID is different from your Premium mailbox name, be sure to use your UT EID.

  9. Enter the password for your UT EID in the Password field.

  10. In the Outlook Web Access Server field, enter "wmail.austin.utexas.edu".

  11. Select Continue.

NOTE: If the program automatically enters information in the fields listed in the next few steps, delete what is displayed and enter the information yourself.

  1. In the Outgoing Mail Server field, enter "wmail.austin.utexas.edu".

  2. Make sure the Use Authentication option is selected.

  3. In the User Name and Password fields, enter your UT EID and password. If your UT EID is different than your AEMS mailbox name, use the UT EID name.

  4. If you see a warning about the SMTP server not responding, ignore it and click Continue.

  5. Make sure the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) option is selected.

  6. From the Authentication option, select Password, then click Continue.

  7. In the Account Summary, verify that the information you entered is correct. If you see incorrect information (for example, an error in the server name), select Go Back to correct the information.

  8. After you verify that your information is correct, select Continue, then select Done.

Last updated November 7, 2011 @ 4:15 pm

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