Help: Entourage Account Setup

This is the procedure for setting up IMAP or POP Email accounts with Entourage on a Mac. IMAP is a special mail protocol that is not very commonly used, however is preferred over POP3 (the standard protocol for incoming e-mail) for many situations. IMAP is special in the fact that it will leave all e-mail that is not deleted on the mail server itself. Mail is never removed from the server unless the user deletes it. Folders can be created on the server to organize email. Since mail is left on the server the user can check email from anywhere in the world, using any IMAP4 compatable client and have access to all previous messages. POP3 is certinly an option as well and may work for you depending on your situation.

Running Entourage for the First Time
When you run Entourage for the first time, it will ask for some initial information.

1. Entourage will ask if you want it to be your default mail client. If you plan on using Entourage for all of your email, click on the Yes button.
2. Enter your name into the First name and Last name boxes. Click the forward arrow in the bottom-right corner of the screen (next to the number "1") to continue.
3. Fill out the Home address information (this is optional). Click the forward arrow to continue.
4. Fill out the Work address information (this is optional). Click the forward arrow to continue.
5. Click on the dot next to "I want to start using Entourage without importing anything". Click the forward arrow to continue.
6. You can optionally turn on the Enable Junk Mail filter. This is slightly redundant as Magical Productions provides its own spam filtering.
7. Once you've completed this portion of the setup wizard, continue by following from Step 1 of the Entering your email settings instructions below.

Entering Your Email Settings
These steps bypass the Setup Assistant. To set up a new Magical Productions email account in Entourage follow the steps below:

1. With Entourage open, click on the Tools menu at the top of the screen and then click on Accounts.
2. When the Accounts window opens, click the New button in the upper-left corner of the window to start the Account Setup Assistant
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3. Select the button: Configure account manually.
   
4. The New Account box appears.  Select either POP or IMAP for your server type. If you don't know which one to select, POP is the one most people use.  Click OK.
5. The Edit Account box appears.  In the Account name: box enter your email address (e.g., john@domainname.com)
6. In the Name: box enter your name as you would like it to appear on the messages you send (e.g., Jane Doe, or Acme, Inc.)
7. In the E-Mail address box enter your email address (e.g., john@domainname.com)
8. In the  Account ID box enter your email address (e.g., john@domainname.com)
9. In the POP server: box enter your mail server name (For example: mail.domainname.com)
10. In the Password box enter you password for your email address.
11. Check the Save password in my Mac OS keychain box
12. In the SMTP server box enter your mail server name (For example: mail.domainname.com)
13. Click on the Click here for advanced sending options button.
14. Check the SMTP server requires authentication box and close by clicking on the small square in the upper left-hand corner.  Click OK.