questions with mac's Mail!

[edge9in]

I have two questions about mac's Mail program.

1. Is the only way to get Apple's email service by buying a .Mac subscription?
2. If buying .Mac is the only way to get Mail, then is there a way to add another user for Mail? Example: If I get .Mac then will I have to pay another $99 for my wife to have her own Mail account?

It would make things so much easier if apple would offer just there Mail program for like $20 a year. I would do that without even thinking twice. Oh well. :rolleyes: Thanks for your help! :p

[HexMonkey]

Mail and .Mac are completely separate. Mail is free, and you can use any email account with it, not just .Mac.

[edge9in]

How is Mail free? It tells me that my login has expired.

[janey]

How is Mail free? It tells me that my login has expired.
That's your .mac account, not mail.

.Mac is an internet service Apple offers for $99 a year.
Mail.app is a program that comes with their operating system.

[oldschool]

That's your .mac account, not mail.

.Mac is an internet service Apple offers for $99 a year.
Mail.app is a program that comes with their operating system.


Come on, we all know he's talking about .mac email, and not the mail program...i don't think he's that stupid.

[janey]

Come on, we all know he's talking about .mac email, and not the mail program...i don't think he's that stupid.
Come on, anything is possible :p.
After all, if you have a .mac account set up in Mail.app youll realize its easier to set that up than any other account...

[edge9in]

Yes, I'm talking about Mail through .Mac and not the actual Mail program that comes with every Mac. Sorry, I should have clarified that more.

[edge9in]

If I was to buy .Mac, would I be able to set up a Mail account for myself and my wife without having to pay another $99 for her?

[janey]

If I was to buy .Mac, would I be able to set up a Mail account for myself and my wife without having to pay another $99 for her?
its $99 for the first person and $10 for each additional email address after that :p

[edge9in]

its $99 for the first person and $10 for each additional email address after that :p

I don't mean to be stupid but how do I add someone? Like where do I go to pay the $10 to get someone added?

[FriarTuck]

I don't mean to be stupid but how do I add someone? Like where do I go to pay the $10 to get someone added?

from Apple's .Mac FAQ's:

Mac members can purchase up to 10 additional email accounts for $10.00 each per year. Email-only accounts include 5 megabytes (MB) of storage space, which can't be increased. You can't add photo signatures to messages if you have an email-only account; and other .Mac services, such as iDisk, HomePage, Backup, and Virex, are not accessible to email-only accounts.

To add an email-only account, go to www.mac.com, then click Account in the .Mac menu bar. Click the Email Account Management button, then click Create New Account.

Fill out the "Create a new email account" form, then click Continue. Print your account information for future reference, then click Continue.

It's a piece of cake. And the really nice part is that Apple automatically syncs up your account, so that you can add e-mail-only accounts at any time and just pay a prorated amount, and then all of the accounts (main and e-mail-only) will come due for renewal at the same time.

[edge9in]

from Apple's .Mac FAQ's:

Mac members can purchase up to 10 additional email accounts for $10.00 each per year. Email-only accounts include 5 megabytes (MB) of storage space, which can't be increased. You can't add photo signatures to messages if you have an email-only account; and other .Mac services, such as iDisk, HomePage, Backup, and Virex, are not accessible to email-only accounts.

To add an email-only account, go to www.mac.com, then click Account in the .Mac menu bar. Click the Email Account Management button, then click Create New Account.

Fill out the "Create a new email account" form, then click Continue. Print your account information for future reference, then click Continue.

It's a piece of cake. And the really nice part is that Apple automatically syncs up your account, so that you can add e-mail-only accounts at any time and just pay a prorated amount, and then all of the accounts (main and e-mail-only) will come due for renewal at the same time.

Thank you soooo much! That answers almost all my questions and I just want to clarify one thing...so If i sign up for .Mac on my iMac then I can add my wife with an email only account for $10 and she will be able to use the email through her Mail program on her iBook? Meaning, both of us don't have to use the same computer for email. I know this is really dumb of me but I just want to make sure before I fork out the $99.

[mj_1903]

Thank you soooo much! That answers almost all my questions and I just want to clarify one thing...so If i sign up for .Mac on my iMac then I can add my wife with an email only account for $10 and she will be able to use the email through her Mail program on her iBook? Meaning, both of us don't have to use the same computer for email. I know this is really dumb of me but I just want to make sure before I fork out the $99.

You are correct.