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Step 1
Open up the Mail program. It's originally installed in the Applications folder of your hard disk and will still be there unless you've manually moved it.
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Step 2
Select "Add account" from the "File" menu in Mail. NOTE: The program might already have the page to add a new account open if this is your first time opening the Mail program.
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Step 3
Choose your account type--you'll need to know if your web-based email uses POP or IMAP for its outgoing server. You may also need to ask about the address for your outgoing mail server, listed as SMTP in the Mail program. The typical format for these entries is username@ISPdomain.com, although it varies depending on your ISP.
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Step 4
Set up the outgoing mail server. Mail will ask you to configure your email address' outgoing client, which is usually just stmp.emaildomain.com.
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Step 5
Enter your full name as you'd like it to appear on your outgoing mail. Messages that you send people will appear with this name.
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Step 6
Click on "Done" and wait for Mail to connect to your POP server. Mail will attempt to access your email. If it returns an error, you either made a mistake or your email is not set up to allow POP forwarding. Mail will move on to general preferences if it's able to connect.
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Step 7
Set up other options within Mail for Mac OS Tiger. The hard part is done, now you just need to set up filters, edit or import your address book and other simple tasks. Mail will now check your email at regular intervals and signal you when you've got new email.
