Forwarding Your T.Apple Email

  1. Open SimpleText or TeachText on your computer.
  2. Type in the full email address where you would like your mail to be sent on the first line of SimpleText. (i.e. czody@mail.desoto-trail.leon.k12.fl.us)
  3. Save the file to your desktop and name it '.forward' (do not use the quotation marks in the name, but do make sure that it starts with a period).
  4. Open Fetch and if necessary, go to the 'File' menu and select 'New Connection...'
  5. In the 'Host' box type tapple.org
    In the 'User ID' box type your account name
    In the 'Password' box type your password
    Make sure that the 'Directory' box is empty.
  6. Click on OK to connect. A window should appear with your account name at the top and some files listed.
  7. Click on the 'Put File' button and, using the dialog box, move to the Desktop and select your '.forward' file. Upload it using the text format. You should see your '.forward' file now listed with the other files in the window.
  8. Quit Fetch and delete the '.forward' file on your desktop. It is important to both move the '.forward' file to the trash and then empty the trash before you restart your computer. Macintoshes are very picky about having files that start with periods and these files should be removed as soon as possible.

If your mail doesn't seem to be going where you want it, check all the steps above before emailing: bob@tapple.org

A few common problems are:

  1. You didn't name the file '.forward' with a period at the front and all lowercase letters.
  2. You typed the address you want your mail sent to incorrectly. Try using Eudora to send mail to the new address directly to make sure that that address does indeed deliver mail to you.

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