Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

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CHAPTER 11 MAIL, ADDRESS BOOK, AND iCAL
Table 11-1. Continued
Item Keyboard Shortcut Description
Window (continued)
Address Panel Opt+Cmd+A Opens a window containing an abbreviated view
of contacts from your Address Book, displaying
only their names and e-mail addresses.
Previous Recipients Opens a window to keep track of all your
previous message recipients. Whenever you start
to type an e-mail address in a To, Cc, or Bcc field,
the Mail application will use this list to attempt to
autocomplete the name.
Activity Cmd+0 Opens the activity viewer window showing any
background activity taking place in Mail.
Although this is still available, there is now an
option to toggle mail activity in the left column of
the Message Viewer window.
Connection Doctor Opens a window that will check all the network
connections used by Mail. This will help
determine whether a network failure is on your
end or on one of your mail servers. This will also
help verify that all of your accounts are properly
set up and working.
Bring All to Front Brings all of Mail’s open window to the
foreground of the desktop.
Following these Window menu items, there will be a list of your currently open windows to choose from,
which will vary depending on how many or what kind of windows you have open in Mail.
NOTE The Help menu contains fairly standard help items for using Mail, so it isn’t covered in
this table.
Adding Mail Accounts
The easiest and most effective way to add a new e-mail account is to use the File ➤ Add Account
menu option that will walk you through adding a new e-mail account step by step. You can also
access this account setup walk-through when you add an account from the Accounts tab in
Mail’s System Preferences. The information you’ll need to know varies with the type of account
and the mail service you use.
The first bit of information you will need to know for all e-mail accounts is your e-mail
address and your password (Figure 11-2).
Depending on your account, your name, e-mail address, and password may be all you need.
New in Leopard, Mail will autoconfigure a number of accounts from popular ISPs and e-mail
service providers, including .Mac, Gmail, Yahoo, Earthlink, and more. If you get the option to
automatically set up an account, select the option, and let Mail do the rest.