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Apple Mail

Apple Mail is one of a few email clients for Mac OS X.

Auto-complete Williams email addresses

Auto-complete is a major time saver if you haven't memorized the middle initials of everyone at Williams. Here's how to set it up on Apple Mail running on any version of OS X.

  1. Open Apple Mail
  2. Go to Mail -> Preferences...
  3. Click the "Composing" tab.
  4. Check the "Automatically complete addresses" box.
  5. Click "Configure LDAP..."
  6. Click the + sign.
  7. Fill out the fields as shown:

 

Finally, click "Save", "Done", and close the preferences window.

Now when you compose a message and start to type a name, it will pop up with a list of a bunch of people you've never heard of who go to or work for Williams.