Macintosh OS X Mail 1.3.9 (v619) Tutorial




OS X Mail: Synchronizing (Subscribing to) Folders (including Departmental Mailboxes)

Use this only if you use another mail client and your folders are not showing up. Otherwise, OS X Mail does things automatically.

If you use JMU Webmail or another e-mail client, then you may wonder how you can synchronize the folders/mailboxes on your Mac in OS X Mail with the folders you have created on the server with Webmail or another e-mail client.

The easiest way is to synchronize is to follow these steps:

  1. Go to Mail>Preferences.



  2. Go to Accounts>Advanced.

  3. Put a check mark in the box beside Automatically synchronize changed mailboxes.



Using this process manually just takes a couple of steps:

  1. Open OS X Mail.

  2. Click Mailbox on the Menu Bar.

  3. Click Mailbox on the Menu Bar again.

  4. Select the option to Synchronize. After Synchronize, you should see your e-mail address in quotes similar to the example below.



  5. You will then see what looks like a wheel spinning toward the upper right hand corner of your screen.

  6. When this is complete, your mailboxes/folders should match what you have on the server.
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