Connecting to Mesa State's PPP server by modem

(Tested with Mac OS X 10.3.5 on September 14, 2004)

1. From the Apple (upper left of screen) choose "System Preferences".
2. Click on the "Network" icon.
3. On the "Location" pull-down menu, choose "New Location".
4. Name the location as "MSC PPP"
5. Under the "Show" pull-down menu, choose "Internal Modem".
6. Click on the "PPP" tab.
7. In the "Service Provider" box type "Mesa State".
8. In the "Account Name" box type your user name (usually the first
letter of your first name and the first seven letters of your last
name.)
9. In the "Password" box type your password.
10 In the "Telephone Number" box type 241-2209.
11. Click on the "Save Password" check if you want the computer to save
your password.
12. Click on the "Modem" tab.
13. Activate the "Show modem status in menu bar" (a telephone icon
should appear in the menu bar near the clock).
14. Quit System Preferences.
15. To connect to the server, click on the telephone icon (from step
13) and then click on "Connect". A dialog appears in the window showing
your connect status. Once you see it's connected, you can use your
internet software (e.g., Safari web browser, Mail program).
16. (Optional) If you want to monitor your connection status, launch
the "Internet Connect" program that is found in the "Applications"
folder of your hard drive.
17. To disconnect, click on the telephone icon in the menu bar and
select "Disconnect".

Configuring the Mac OS X Email program

1. Launch the Mail application.
2. From the Mail menu, choose preferences.
3. Click on the '+' icon at the bottom left of the window to add a new
account.
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4. Click on "Account Information"
5. In the "Description" box type GWMail
6. In the "Email Address" box type username@mesastate.edu, where
"username" is your login name for your Groupwise account.
7. In the "Full Name" box type your name as you want it to appear on
outgoing emails.
8. In the "Incoming Mail Server" box type gwmail.mesastate.edu
9. In the "User Name" box type your username (from step 6).
10. In the "Password" box type your password.
11. In the "Outgoing Mail Server" pull-down menu, choose "Add Server"
and type gwmail.mesastate.edu as the server. Leave all the other
options as they are!
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11. Click on the "Special Mailboxes" and set the options as you so
desire (or leave at the default settings).
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12. Click on "Advanced".
13. Make sure that "Enable this account", "Include when automatically
checking for new mail", and "Remove copy from server after retrieving a
message" are all checked.
14. From the pull-down menu, select when you want the emails deleted
from the server.
15. In the "Prompt me to skip messages over" box, leave as is if you
have a high-speed connection. If you are dialing in by modem, type '50'
in the box (or other size if you so desire). This will allow you to
skip large emails (without deleting them) if you want to.
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16. Click on "Composing".
17. Check "Automatically complete addresses" and then click on the
button "Configure LDAP".
18. In the window that appears, click on the '+' then provide the name
of "mesastate", the "Server" box gets ldap.mesastate.edu, the "Search
Base" box gets o=MSC, and "Port" is 389.
19. Click "Save", then "Done"
20. Close the Preferences window.
21. You're done!