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.Mac and Mail Configuration

I just got a new Mac and I signed up for the .Mac trial account. When my account expires, will I still be able to keep my same email address and use the Mail application on my dock? Please tell me what I need to do to make sure I can still use my email address and Mail! Please help!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jul 26, 2007 11:56 AM

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Posted on Jul 26, 2007 12:12 PM

No - a trial account means just that which is good for 60 days. If you allow your .Mac trial account to expire without purchasing a .Mac account, you won't be able to use that address either after purchasing an account. If you want to keep this email address, you must purchase a .Mac account before your 60 day trial expires. Apple does not provide a free email address - having a .Mac account is required.

You can use the Mail application without having a .Mac account.

The Mail application supports the following account types:

.Mac (which is really an IMAP account and behaves in the same way)
IMAP
POP
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Since your internet service provider certainly provides an email account for their customers (likely a POP account), you can access your ISP's email account with the Mail.app.

I access a POP account provided by my ISP, a .Mac account and a business POP account provided by my employer with the Mail application and I can access more accounts with the Mail application if I needed or wanted to.

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Jul 26, 2007 12:12 PM in response to coppellite

No - a trial account means just that which is good for 60 days. If you allow your .Mac trial account to expire without purchasing a .Mac account, you won't be able to use that address either after purchasing an account. If you want to keep this email address, you must purchase a .Mac account before your 60 day trial expires. Apple does not provide a free email address - having a .Mac account is required.

You can use the Mail application without having a .Mac account.

The Mail application supports the following account types:

.Mac (which is really an IMAP account and behaves in the same way)
IMAP
POP
Exchange

Since your internet service provider certainly provides an email account for their customers (likely a POP account), you can access your ISP's email account with the Mail.app.

I access a POP account provided by my ISP, a .Mac account and a business POP account provided by my employer with the Mail application and I can access more accounts with the Mail application if I needed or wanted to.

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