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Configuring SeaMonkey To Access Your University E-mail On A Mac

This web page will guide you through setting up SeaMonkey 1.1.x so that you can use it to send and receive e-mail through your University e-mail account.

If you have a version of SeaMonkey other than 1.1.x, you can acquire SeaMonkey 1.1.7 or higher from the SeaMonkey Download and Releases page.

Once you have SeaMonkey 1.1.x installed on your computer, do the following:

1. Open SeaMonkey. In the menu bar, click on Window, then choose Mail and Newsgroups.

2. The SeaMonkey e-mail client window will appear. If a New Account Setup wizard launches, skip to step 4. If the wizard does not launch, in the menu bar of the e-mail client window, click on Edit and then choose Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings.
3. In the account settings window that appears, click on the Add Account button to create a new account.

   

4. The Account Wizard will begin. In the first window, leave the first choice (Email account) selected, then click the right arrow button.
5. In the Identity window that appears next, enter your full name in the Your Name field. In the Email Address field, type in your university e-mail address. Click the right arrow button.

   

6. In the Server Information window, choose IMAP as the type of incoming server you are using. In the Incoming Server: field, type in the appropriate incoming mail server for your account.

   If your email account is a:

   • Mail@UMD account, use mail.umd.edu
   • WAM account, use imap.wam.umd.edu
   • Glue account, use imap.glue.umd.edu
   • Deans account, use imap.deans.umd.edu

   

7. If this is the first time you've set up SeaMonkey 1.1.x for reading e-mail, then you will also see a section for entering the name of your Outgoing Server. In that Server Name field, type in the appropriate outgoing mail server for your account:

   PLEASE NOTE: If you use an Internet service provider (ISP) other than the University of Maryland for Internet access, you must use your ISP's SMTP server (contact your Internet Service Provider for more information on this) instead of one of the servers listed below.

   • Mail@UMD account, use mail.umd.edu
   • WAM account, use smtp.wam.umd.edu
   • Glue account, use smtp.glue.umd.edu
   • Deans account, use smtp.deans.umd.edu
   If you do not have the option of defining your outgoing server on this screen, you will be able to do so in a later step. Click on the right arrow button to proceed.
8. In the User Name screen, make sure that the entry in the Incoming User Name field is just your user ID, not your entire e-mail address. Click the right arrow button.

   

9. In the Account Name window, you can create a special name for your account as the screen suggests (in this example, we have renamed the account to Glue) or just name the account after your e-mail address. Click the right arrow button.

   

10. The last screen in the Account Wizard will show you the information you have entered. Verify that the information you entered is correct (including the Outgoing Server Name if you were able to enter that information during the wizard). If you made any mistakes, use the left arrow button to correct them. Then click Finish to exit the wizard.

11. You will return to the Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings window. In the left column of that window, click on Outgoing Server (SMTP). The outgoing server settings will be displayed on the right. Click the Edit button to change an existing server or the Add button to set up a new server. Make sure the Server Name is set to the appropriate outgoing server (if you were not given the option of changing the outgoing server during the Account Wizard, this is your opportunity to make the change).

    

    PLEASE NOTE: If you use an Internet service provider (ISP) other than the University of Maryland for Internet access, you must use your ISP's SMTP server (contact your Internet Service Provider for more information on this) instead of one of the servers listed below.

    • Mail@UMD account, use mail.umd.edu
      • If you have a Mail@UMD account, make sure that the Use name and password checkbox is checked (and that your Directory ID appears in the User Name box), and that Use secure connection: is set to TLS.
    • WAM account, use smtp.wam.umd.edu
    • Glue account, use smtp.glue.umd.edu
    • Deans account, use smtp.deans.umd.edu
12. Click the OK button.
13. Go back to the left-hand column. You should see an item that says the name that you gave your e-mail account (although sometimes that name does not appear until after you have restarted SeaMonkey). Click on the Server Settings entry beneath that entry. On the right side of the window, set Use secure connection to SSL. Change the When I delete a message setting from the default setting to one of the other two options: the default setting of moving deleted mail to a Trash folder does not work properly with our e-mail systems.

    

14. To make your university account your primary e-mail account in SeaMonkey, click on the Set as Default button near the lower left corner of the window. By doing this, you are telling SeaMonkey that you want it to check for new messages on your account every time you open the SeaMonkey e-mail client.
15. Click on the OK button to finish configuring your e-mail settings. You will return to the main SeaMonkey e-mail window. In the left column of the window, you should see the name of the e-mail account you just created. Click on the triangle to the left of the account name to reveal the Inbox folder for your account. Click on the Inbox. You will be prompted to enter the password for your e-mail account (which is your Directory password). Enter your password and click OK.
16. Your e-mail messages and any e-mail folders you have will soon appear. You can now use SeaMonkey 1.1.x to send and receive e-mail messages.