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From: Trevor Wright on 10 Feb 2010 04:54 I wish to set up my new mac using the native mail program to collect mail from my own IMAP server. My PC email client, the very excellent but perhaps not widely known Turnpike, allows itself to be used as an IMAP (or POP) server. However I've no clue how to do this. In particular, I don't know what to enter in the mac mail set account set up. Any help would be gratefully received. -- Trevor Wright
From: Mark Bestley on 10 Feb 2010 07:53 Trevor Wright <newstrap(a)thewrights.uk.com> wrote: > I wish to set up my new mac using the native mail program to collect > mail from my own IMAP server. My PC email client, the very excellent > but perhaps not widely known Turnpike, allows itself to be used as an > IMAP (or POP) server. However I've no clue how to do this. In > particular, I don't know what to enter in the mac mail set account set > up. > > Any help would be gratefully received. Just like any IMAP account. The Incoming Mail server should be localhost -- Mark
From: David Empson on 10 Feb 2010 08:21 Mark Bestley <news{@bestley.co.uk> wrote: > Trevor Wright <newstrap(a)thewrights.uk.com> wrote: > > > I wish to set up my new mac using the native mail program to collect > > mail from my own IMAP server. My PC email client, the very excellent > > but perhaps not widely known Turnpike, allows itself to be used as an > > IMAP (or POP) server. However I've no clue how to do this. In > > particular, I don't know what to enter in the mac mail set account set > > up. > > > > Any help would be gratefully received. > > Just like any IMAP account. The Incoming Mail server should be localhost That would only be the case if the IMAP server was on the same computer as the client. In this case, it sounds like the IMAP server is running on a PC on the same local network as the Mac. This will require configuring Mail to connect to the IP address or domain name of the PC. If you have a typical home network then the PC is probably set up to use DHCP and get a dynamic address, which means it won't have a consistent IP address, and it won't have a domain name. The easiest way to fix this is to reconfigure your PC to use a static address which is in the subnet range of the router, and reconfigure the DHCP server in the router to avoid allocating the PC's address via DHCP. For example, if your router is 192.168.1.1 and its DHCP server is allocating addresses in the range 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.254, then you could reduce the DHCP range to 192.168.1.100 through 192.168.1.254, then use any address in 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.99 to allocate statically to a specific local device. Once the PC has a static IP address, you can configure Mail to connect to its IMAP server just like any other. You'll need to check the documentation for Turnpike for details like username and password. An alternative would be to install Bonjour for Windows on the PC, which would allow it to appear to the Mac as a device with a domain name of the general form "computername.local". In this case the PC could be left with a dynamic address. If your PC has a firewall configured you will also need to open it up to allow IMAP connections from the Mac (allow incoming connections on port 143). -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Trevor Wright on 10 Feb 2010 09:01 In message <1jdp7s7.1jrlgc912no9buN%news{@bestley.co.uk>, Mark Bestley <news{@bestley.co.uk> writes >Trevor Wright <newstrap(a)thewrights.uk.com> wrote: > >> I wish to set up my new mac using the native mail program to collect >> mail from my own IMAP server. My PC email client, the very excellent >> but perhaps not widely known Turnpike, allows itself to be used as an >> IMAP (or POP) server. However I've no clue how to do this. In >> particular, I don't know what to enter in the mac mail set account set >> up. >> >> Any help would be gratefully received. > > >Just like any IMAP account. The Incoming Mail server should be localhost > My problem is that I've never done this, so don't really know how to proceed. -- Trevor Wright
From: Trevor Wright on 10 Feb 2010 09:04 In message <1jdq8uv.1s4rt5f8h9auvN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> writes > >In this case, it sounds like the IMAP server is running on a PC on the >same local network as the Mac. ES< Correct. > >This will require configuring Mail to connect to the IP address or >domain name of the PC. If you have a typical home network then the PC is >probably set up to use DHCP and get a dynamic address, which means it >won't have a consistent IP address, and it won't have a domain name. > >The easiest way to fix this is to reconfigure your PC to use a static >address which is in the subnet range of the router, and reconfigure the >DHCP server in the router to avoid allocating the PC's address via DHCP. > >For example, if your router is 192.168.1.1 and its DHCP server is >allocating addresses in the range 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.254, >then you could reduce the DHCP range to 192.168.1.100 through >192.168.1.254, then use any address in 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.99 >to allocate statically to a specific local device. OK. I can fix the address for the PC in the Netgear settings. > >Once the PC has a static IP address, you can configure Mail to connect >to its IMAP server just like any other. You'll need to check the >documentation for Turnpike for details like username and password. Yes. Some of the terms are ambiguous, though. I wonder if you or anyone could be a bit more specific. The level of my understanding is probably lower than you think! Many thanks for both responses. -- Trevor Wright
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