These instructions tell you how to set up your Gmail account using the Apple Mail application.
Remove Exchange Account
If you do not know how to remove your exchange account, please see our instructions for how to Remove Exchange Account in Mail for Mac.
Open Mail
Open the Mail application.
Choose Mail Provider
- Select your email account provider. (For OC emails, Choose Google)
- Click Continue
Email Address
- Enter your email address
- Click Next
Log In
- Enter your OC username
- Enter your OC password
- Click Log In
App Selection
- Select which applications you would like to have access to your email account.
- Click Done
Success!
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- Phone: 405-425-5555
- Email: supportcentral@oc.edu
Comments
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After the "Incoming Mail Server" dialogue box, I was prompted for info on a dialogue box labeled "Outgoing Mail Server". I'm in mail 5.2 for OS X Lion (10.7.4) The "Outgoing Mail Security" dialogue box then did not show for me.
Under "Outgoing Mail Server" I put smtp.gmail.com.
Then I checked "User Authentication" and made sure my email address and password were set.
Without this step, I couldn't have sent mail!
What Nick describes happened to me too. But something's still not right. Erg.
We've revised the answer to reflect an easier process to adding your account.
It will only find the old exchange account. What should I do?
You can always hold down the "option/alt" key after you put in your username and password while you click the "Continue" button to set it up manually if the automatic setup isn't working.
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