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What are the Entourage Settings in Mac OS X?


To change the account settings for a POP3 account in Entourage for Mac OS X, follow the steps below:

1. Click on the Tools menu and select Accounts



2. In the "Accounts" window which appears, Select your e-mail account and click on the Edit button.



3. You will be presented with the "Account Settings" window.

* "Account name" is the name by which Entourage refers to these settings.
* "Include this account in my 'Send & Receive All' schedule" should be checked if you want Entourage to check for new messages from this account when you click "Send/Receive"
* "Name" is your name as you would like it to appear when you send e-mail.
* "E-mail address" is your 1&1 address.
* "Account ID" is your 1&1 username.
* "POP server" is "pop.1and1.com"
* "Password" is your 1&1 password.
* If you would like Entourage to remember your password, check the box labeled "Save password in Mac OS keychain."
* "SMTP server" is "smtp.1and1.com"



4. If you would like to use advanced receiving options, click on Click here for advanced receiving options

* If you would like to connect via SSL to pop.1and1.com, to prevent your password from being passed across a network in plain text, check the first box.
* Normally, the default POP port is 110. With SSL enabled, the program should use 995.



5. If you would like to use advanced sending options, click on Click here for advanced sending options in the "Account Settings" tab.

* If you would like to send mail through smtp.1and1.com while you're not actually connected to the Internet, you can do so by checking the box labeled "SMTP server requires authentication" and either use the same settings as the receiving mail server, or enter them in the appropriate fields.



6. Click on the Account Options tab to set some extra account options.

* "Default Signature" is used for specifying a signature.
* "Additional headers" can be used to add your own custom headers to each e-mail you send.
* "Partially receive messages over XX KB" can be used to keep messages over a certain size from downloading when you check the mail.
* "Leave a copy of each message on the server" is what you should use to do exactly that.
* "Delete messages from the server after XX days" will allow you to have mail deleted after a set number of days.
* "Delete messages from the server after they are deleted from this computer" means that after you delete a message off of your computer, the next time you check this account for new messages, the message you deleted from Entourage will be deleted from the mail server.
* "Get all messages left on server" will delete all messages on the mail server which have already been downloaded to Entourage in the past.
* "Allow Online Access" does exactly that. It lets you view your messages on the mail server before you actually download them to your computer.


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