How do i set up Mail to receive from an internet account?

Question

Hi.
I wonder if anyone can tell me how to set up Mail so I can check my messages from an internet based e-mail? I'm using Wanadoo and would like to able to receive messages straight to Mail rather than have to check them 'online'. Hope someone can help, thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hello Tymon.
I checked Wanadoo's website and it appears you can create your Wanadoo account in Mail and with other email clients as a POP type account.
Wanadoo provides instructions for doing so using Windows Outlook Express but the required account settings are the same to create the account with the Mail.app such as:
At the Mail.app menu bar, go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts. Select the + sign at the bottom of the accounts window to add a new email account selecting POP as the account type.
Account Description: Whatever you prefer such as Wanadoo.
Email Address Field: Enter your Wanadoo email address.
Full Name: Whatever you prefer which will be shown next to your email address when a message is received.
User Name: This should include everything after the '@' symbol for your Wanadoo email address. Note: If you use their Broadband service, do not include '@fs' at the end of your Username for email.
Password: Your Wanadoo account password.
Incoming Mail Server: pop.wanadoo.co.uk
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.wanadoo.co.uk
This should be all you need.
If your email address includes Freeserve instead of xxxxxx.wanadoo.co.uk, the incoming and outgoing mail servers are different.
Check this link.
http://www.wanadoo.co.uk/help/email/freeservesettings.htm