OS-X 10.2.x
Mail 1.2.5 (v553)
Mail | Preferences | Accounts | Add Account
POP3 access
.... Account Information
Account Type: POP
Description: MySpamCop (whatever you want to call it, it shows up in your list of accounts under the "In" item on the "Mailboxes flyout")
Email address: youraccountname[at]spamcop.net
Full name: Your Name
Incoming Mail Server: pop.spamcop.net
User name: youraccountname[at]spamcop.net
Password: YourPassWord (note: case sensitive)
Outgoing Mail Server: see Note #1
Options: see Note #1 (if you hit this button to look, click on "cancel")
.... Special Mailboxes: your decision on how to manage these items
.... Advanced:
Enable this account: checked
Include this account: checked
Remove copy from server: your choice
Prompt to skip: suggestion is to leave blank, but your decision
Account Directory: If you have to ask, don't mess with it <g>
Port: 110
Authentication: Password
Click on the "OK" button.
Based on your "Check for new mail" settings or the clicking of the "Get Mail" icon, your SpamCop InBox contents should arrive shortly. (see Note #2)
IMAP access
.... Account Information
Account Type: IMAP
Description: MySpamCop (whatever you want to call it, it shows up in your list of accounts under the "In" item on the "Mailboxes flyout")
Email address: youraccountname[at]spamcop.net
Full name: Your Name
Incoming Mail Server: imap.spamcop.net
User name: youraccountname[at]spamcop.net
Password: YourPassWord (note: case sensitive)
Outgoing Mail Server: see Note #1
Options: see Note #1 (if you hit this button to look, click on "cancel")
.... Special Mailboxes: your decision on how to manage these items
.... Advanced:
Enable this account: checked
Include this account: checked
Compact mailboxes ..: checked (though your decision)
Account Directory: If you have to ask, don't mess with it <g>
Keep copies ...: your decision, but probably at least "All messages"
IMAP Path Prefix: leave blank
Port: 143
Authentication: Password
Click on the "OK" button .. click on the 'new' item under the "In" icon ... you'll note the 'arrow' indicating sub-folders .. click on that 'arrow' and the sub-folders will show up (after the first successful connection) ... from here you can access all the SpamCop E-Mail account folders existing under your account ... moving bad e-mail to the Held Folder for later reporting, actually deleting the contents of the Trash Folder, the few examples that I know about <g> ....
Note #1: The SpamCop E-Mail system does not presently offer SMTP (outgoing) service. So the first 'easy' answer is to put your local ISP data in these lines, technically allowing you to generate new e-mail or reply while you are logged into your SpamCop account but this e-mail is actually delivered through your local ISP's e-mail server. However, this will cause problems for some users. Some ISP 'validate' outgoing e-mail by looking at things like 'user name/account" which of course will cause an error when it sees "myaccount[at]spamcop.net" as the sending address which of course isn't showing "myaccount1[at]localisp.com" ... others may run into an issue with Port 25 blocking by some ISPs. In reality, you can probably put anything 'legal' in these boxes, just remembering not to actually try 'sending' an e-mail <g> (Strangely, I can't find any reference to a Reply-To: field in this app?)
Note #2: When using the POP3 connection, the only folder 'seen' is your SpamCop InBox. The contents there will be only those items that have not been filtered out, moved to other folders, etc. (which is another whole discussion <g>) From the positive view, what this means is minimal spam spew will be seen from this view/connection. (Also noting that this has also led to folks complaining about speed/connection issues when the Held/Deleted/etc. folders got huge while hiding in the background.)