Mail.app

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You'll want to launch the New Account Assistant, either by going to the Mail menu, Preferences, Accounts, and hitting the plus sign, or by running Mail the first time.

In the first dialog, set the following

Account Type: IMAP
Account Description: mail.astro
Full Name: Your Name
Email Address: youremail@astro.princeton.edu

Hit Continue

Incoming Mail Server: mail.astro.princeton.edu
User Name: youremailname
Password: yourpassword

Hit Continue. Mail will check the settings to make sure they work. If you're inside the building and plugged into a wired ethernet port it'll work fine, if not, ignore any error you get as it might not work from outside our firewall without some changes later on.

Outgoing Mail Server: mail.astro.princeton.edu
Check the box for Use Authentication
User Name: youremailname
Password: yourpassword

Hit Continue. Once again, it'll check settings and may fail. Ignore this.

You'll see an account summary dialog. Hit Continue. Hit Done in the next dialog.

If you used the initial setup wizard to setup the account, go up to the Mail menu and select Preferences, then the Accounts option. Make sure "mail.astro" is selected.

Under "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP)" hit the "Server Settings..." button. Make sure "Server port" is set to 25 and that "Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)" is checked. Hit OK.

Hit the "Advanced" tab and make sure at the bottom of the dialog box "Port" is set to 993 and "Use SSL" is checked.

Close the Accounts box and you'll be prompted to save the settings if you've made any changes. Do so and you should be ready to go.