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Question

Mail on MAC

by Jun 19, 2011 6:46AM PDT

Mobile Me says no longer taking subscribers. Is there a built in free e-mail program in MAC software or will I have to start paying for Yahoo Plus to get e-mail? Very confusing. Also would like to move a hotmail account to.

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OS X has a MAIL application,
by Forum moderator Jun 19, 2011 6:56AM PDT

it's called MAIL.

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Where do I go to set this up
by amcdan2000_1 Jun 19, 2011 11:18AM PDT

When I click on mail icon it asks for name which I provide then asks for email address which is a yahoo account wasn't accepted and the mac program told me i needed to get yahoo plus

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That could be because you are specifying
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Jun 19, 2011 9:59PM PDT

the wrong type of account.
Go through the steps again and this time specify that the account is a POP or POP3 account.

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Mac has a very good and free email program
by jporter Aug 21, 2011 5:14PM PDT
and yes the first thing that you have to do is to place data in the pop fields. This is how you tell the emailprogram where to go to get email or the pathway to send email. MyISP has thier
own email program, however, I elected to pass it over and use macmail. This has
given me two email programs, but I hardly have to access the ISP program as it
sends the email to it and then on to Mac email. Works just great.
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what is the email program that our ISP gave you?
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Aug 21, 2011 10:04PM PDT

It would be really unusual for an ISP to be giving their customers software.

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email program that our ISP gave you?
by jporter Aug 22, 2011 12:27AM PDT

This is the one our ISP provides:


SquirrelMail is typically installed for end users by their employer, the school they attend, some organization that the end user is a member of, a hosting company, or an Internet service provider (ISP)

SquirrelMail is a standards-based webmail package written in PHP. It includes built-in pure PHP support for the IMAP and SMTP protocols, and all pages render in pure HTML 4.0 (with no JavaScript required) for maximum compatibility across browsers. It has very few requirements and is very easy to configure and install. SquirrelMail has all the functionality you would want from an email client, including strong MIME support, address books, and folder manipulation.

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Interesting
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Aug 22, 2011 3:19AM PDT

I wonder why they would do that. It seems a little redundant when all the major OS's come with an email program.

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