Set Up Exchange - Mac® Mail Print

To set up Mac Mail for Exchange with Autodiscover, perform the following steps:

1. Open Mac Mail. If this is the first time that it has been used, the Setup Assistant will appear. Otherwise, select File / Add Account.
2. Enter the following information:

• Full Name—Enter your first and last name. This is the name that will appear in the From field of messages you send.
• Email Address—Enter your entire email address (e.g., [email protected]).
• Password—Enter the password for your email account.

4. Click the Continue button. If you get a Verify Certificate pop-up, click the Connect button.
5. An Account Summary page will open and Click the Create button. To access your contacts through Address Book, select the Address Book contacts check box. To access your calendar through iCal, select the iCal calendars check box.

*Optional: To intergrate Address Book and Ical, select the Address Book contacts check box select the iCal calendars check box in the Accounts Summary page.

Manual Setup

Before you begin, you will need your Mac Mail setup guide from the User Control Panel at the following URL: https://cp.rackspace.com/usercp

To set up Mac Mail for Exchange manually, perform the following steps:

1. Open Mac Mail. If this is the first time that it has been used, the Setup Assistant will appear. Otherwise, select File / Add Account.
2. Enter the following information:

• Full Name—Enter your first and last name. This is the name that will appear in the From field of messages you send.
• Email Address—Enter your entire email address (e.g., [email protected]).
• Password—Enter the password for your email account.

3. Click the Continue button and enter in the following information:

• Account Type—Select Exchange 2007.
• Description—Enter a descriptive name for your mail account (e.g., Work Mail or Home Mail).
• Incoming mail server—Enter the Server address, without "/ews/exchange.asmx" extension from the Setting Up Mac Mail window.
• User Name—Enter your entire email address (e.g., [email protected])
• Password—Enter the password for your email account. This should auto-fill based on your entry in step 4.

*Optional: Address Book contacts—Select the check box to access your Exchange contacts through Address Book.

*Optional: iCal calendars—Select the check box to access your Exchange calendar through iCal.

4. Click the Continue button then click the Create button and select Mail / Preferences.
5. Select the newly created Exchange account and in the External Server field, Enter the Server address from the Setting Up Mac Mailwindow.
6. Click the Advanced button in the upper right.
7. In the External Server Path field, enter the following address: ews/exchange.asmx
8. Select the Use SSL check box and close the Accounts window and click the Save button.