How do I set up the "Mail" App?

I am trying to set up the Mail application on my new Mac 10.5.6 and it is taking forever to load which leads me to believe I will get nowhere. I have already tried the "automatic setup" option with it to get my MobileMe mail onto it and it just sat there acting like it was loading something for about an hour. So I decided to hit "cancel" and go back and manually set it up but now its just doing the same thing on the "outgoing server" page. Am I missing something? Should it be taking this long???? And how do I get it set up? Please help! Thanks!

On the Outgoing Server page the Outgoing Mail Server should be smtp.me.com. Select "Use Authentication" and make sure that your email username and password is populated (should be from the earlier screen).
Chris

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Dropbox, if that is what you are asking about, isn't related to Mail; it's a completely separate program: http://dropbox.com
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Did you try to change you password on the ipod in Settings/Mail,Contacts../Accounts?
If changing the password does not help, you'll have to delete the existing account and set it up again.
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If you are unable to remember your password, security questions, don’t have access to your rescue address or are unable to reset your password for whatever reason, your only option is to contact AppleCare(or Apple ID Support), upon speaking to an operator you should explain that your problem is related to your Apple ID, this way you will not be charged for assistance, even if you don’t have an AppleCare plan.
The operator will take you through some steps you may have already tried, however they need to be sure they have exhausted all usual approaches before trying to reset your account, so you should try to be helpful and show patience with the procedure.
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Here is a photo of what it really looks like. (Info Blurred for security reasons)
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-Thanks

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I'm using mountain lion
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Howdy Lavi,
It sounds as if what you want to do can be accomplished by using the Zoom control, one of the Mac operating system's Accessibility features. Using it you can quickly and easily make content either on the entire screen or just a small window larger and easier to see without affecting how the screen resolution or how the email will look when it is sent. See this article for Accessibility features -
OS X Mavericks: Use accessibility features
This article explains how to set up Zoom in System Preferences -
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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Brett L

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Did you ever figure out what happened?
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You need to make sure your Yahoo! account is configured as IMAP on all devices/computers you want to access it from:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mobile/comms/mail/imap-01.html

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POP: yahoo, aol, comcast/time warnder/road runner
Imap: google, hotmail, and more including icloud.
If you want to use multiple devices - move to imap, I would even say "exchange", but Google does not support free exchange anymore, since January of that year. So Ironically Icloud or Hotmail would be my choices right now.
To find out more about what happens to you, search on Google "difference between pop and imap"

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HI,
I have configured the Mail App on my brand new iPad to receive emails from my provider GMX.net. It is a POP3 account. The emails stay on the server until I fetch them with Outlook 2003 on my PC. After retrieving emails with Outlook they are deleted from the server. That is what I want. But the emails stay in the Mail App on my iPad. I also can’t delete emails with the iPad on the server.
How can I do that?

If you are accessing emails from multiple devices, you are better off using the IMAP protocol. Then the devices sync with the server and they are all looking at the same information. With POP, you are going to get your emails spread about, some on Outlook, some on the iPad. It could get very confusing.
By default, the iPad will not delete from a POP server. Instructions for changing this are here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3228

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Hi,
I am using an iPhone 5 (16GB) iOS 7.0.4.
Currently the size of the mail app is 1GB and is continously increasing, even though the advanced settings in the mail account have been set as following:
MOVE DISCARDED MESSAGES INTO:
Deleted Mailbox
DELETED MESSAGES:
Remove: After one day
INCOMING SETTINGS:
Delete from Server: When removed from Inbox
The problem that I am facing is that only a few emails reside on my iPhone as I keep deleting emails, which are also deleted from the server automatically because of the settings as above, which is perfectly fine. The emails are deleted from the Mail app and only a very few of them are visible which I have not deleted as yet, and all is fine till here. The problem is that the size of the Mail app is more than 1GB and is continously increasing, when i check the size of the Mail app in the Settings > General > Usage section.
When I search for an email that has previously been deleted from the search feature by swiping down in the main page, it still comes up in the search, and upon clicking the searched email, it takes me into the Mail app, however, the mail is not there. I have tried searching for emails which were deleted weeks ago, and they still come up in the search feature, however, they DO NOT open in the Mail app when i click them within the search feature in the main page.
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I have read alot of blogs and even checked with other friends using similar settings on the same model, however, I just cant seem to figure this out. I would really appreciate if someone can help me with this issue as I dont want to have to reset it again after another 2-3 months.
There are practically only 14-15 emails on my Mail app with not alot of KBs for these emails, and the trash folder is also empty, but the size of the Mail app is still not reducing. Please help!!
Regards,
Shoaib Malik

Have you tried restarting or resetting your iPhone?
Restart: Press On/Off button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears, select Slide to Power Off and, after It shuts down, press the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears.
Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10 seconds).
Also consider deleting and reinstalling the Mail Account in question.

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So a long time ago I accidentally deleted the mail app from my computer. How do I get it back? My computer is an old MacBook running on Mac OS X 10.5.8.

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