Setting Up Entourage for Mac OS X

Entourage is an email client for Mac OSX. It allows you to send and receive emails as well as attachments. Once installed, launch it from the Applications folder.

1. Creating an email account

Open Entourage. Click on the icon "Mail".

Then on the top menu, select "Tools" then "Accounts" to add an email account.

Then click on "Mail" then "New".

You will be able to configure a new mail account. Start by entering your e-mail address. Then click the small arrow "next" at the bottom right of the window.

A window indicating an error may then appear. It may inform you of failure of the automatic configuration, this is because Entourage can automatically configure certain types of email accounts of some well known providers like Hotmail. The error is not serious at all and we will continue by clicking the next arrow.

In the next window, here are the fields that you'll have to fill in:

Your name

This is your full name, which will appear as the sender of emails sent.

E-mail Address

Enter your email address to which you want to add a mail account.

Account ID

Your email address again.

Password

The password associated with your email address.

Incoming mail server

The mail server will form mail.example.com where you replace your example.com domain name.

Type of incoming mail servers

In this drop-down list, you must choose between a type of POP or IMAP server.

If you do not always know which of the two types of email account to choose, choose to install a POP account.

Outgoing mail server

It will be the form mail.example.com example.com where you replace your domain name (the same as the server).

Click on the arrow at the bottom right of the window and get a summary of your settings. Make sure everything is correct and continue.

Note that you can get an error message instead of the previous window. In this case, the information is entered incorrectly. Use the arrow on the bottom right to go check your mail settings entered previously.

Then, the software will confirm that Entourage is creating your email account, and you will be asked to "Name the account". Put a name that speaks to you because it is intended only to you. Example: "work" or "user@example.com."

In general, leave the following boxes checked, especially the second to receive emails automatically.

Then click the "Finish" button and go to the next chapter on SMTP authentication.

2. Configuring SMTP authentication

In the menu at the top of the main interface, click on the Tools menu and then "accounts".

In the window that appears, click on "Mail" and then select the account name. Click the Edit button.

Then click on the button "Account Settings" and then click the button "Advanced sending".

In the options window that opens, check "SMTP server requires authentication" and "Use same settings as the incoming mail server".

Finally, click "OK" to confirm.

You should now have a functional email account. To begin, manually get your email, you can click "Send and receive" from the "Tools" menu at the top.

That's it! Enjoy using Entourage to get your emails on Mac OS X.