How to Add a Columbia Account to Your Mail on a Mac
Mac Mail is the email client that comes with the Mac OS X operating system. Mac Mail allows you to send and receive Pop-3, IMAP and Exchange emails directly from the email client. Columbia University's email system is IMAP-enabled, and you can set up the Mac Mail application on your computer to send and receive email from your Columbia University email account.
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Instructions
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Click the "Mail" icon on your Mac computer.
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Select the "Mail" option from the application's main toolbar menu and click the "Preferences" option.
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Click the "+" icon to add a new email account to the email client.
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Enter you name, Columbia University email address and password in the appropriate boxes, and click the "Continue" button.
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Select "IMAP" from the "Account Type" drop-down menu.
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Enter "mail.columbia.edu" in the Incoming Mail Server field.
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Enter the portion of your email address that appears before the @ symbol in your Columbia email address in the User Name field. Click the "Continue" button.
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Check-mark the box to the left of the Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) option.
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Select "Password" from the Authentication drop-down menu. Click the "Continue" button.
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Enter "send.columbia.edu" in the Outgoing Mail Server field. Check mark the box located to the left of the "Use only this server" option.
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Check mark the box to the left of the "Use Authentication" option.
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Enter the portion of your Columbia University email address before the @ symbol in the User Name field. Click the "Continue" button.
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Click the "Create" button.
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Enter the password for your Columbia email address and click the "OK" button. You have now successfully added your Columbia University email account to your Mac Mail application
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