To configure your Apple Mail application for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) to send and receive email using our servers using IMAP, please follow the steps below (please replace username@example.com with your email address and example.com with your domain name):
1. Open Apple Mail.
2. Choose "Mail" -> "Preferences..."
3. Open the "Accounts" tab and click on the "+" / "Create an account" button.
4. In the "Full Name" field you should enter the name, which you would like to appear on the messages you send. In the "Email Address" field you should type the email address you are configuring. In the "Password" field you need to fill in the current password for this particular mailbox.
Click on the "Continue" button.
5. Set "Account Type" to "IMAP".
In the "Description" field you need to enter a short description for your account in your email client. This name would show up only in your own email program. You can set a name such as "Work Account", "Sales mail", "John" etc.
For "Incoming Mail Server", you should use mail.example.com.
In the "User Name" field you need to enter username@example.com.
In the "Password" field you need to fill in the current password for this particular mailbox.
Click on "Continue".
6. Click on "Cancel".
7. For "Outgoing Mail Server" you can use mail.example.com.
If you wish to use only this outgoing mail server for all of your accounts, mark the "Use only this server" option.
Check "Use Authentication" and enter username@example.com in the "User Name" field and the corresponding password in thee "Password" field.
Click on "Continue".
8. Click on "Cancel".
9. You need to verify your settings, and confirm them.
To proceed with the configuration, unmark the "Take account online" option and click "Create". If you want to change some of the settings, click "Go Back".
10. You should see the new mail account listed in the "Accounts" section. Click on "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" and choose "Edit Server List...".
11. Choose "Use custom port" and enter 587.
Click on "OK".
12. Click on "Advanced" and enter INBOX in the "IMAP Path Prefix" field.
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