Netscape's 3.0 E-mail Client

This is a brief tutorial showing you how to set up your Netscape Browser to connect to our server and retrieve your mail. Since the Macintosh version and the Windows version of this software are so similar, the pictures shown are from a Macintosh. Notes will follow if anything is different in the Windows version.

These screens are broken up into two different sections - one for Basic Web Accounts, and one for Domain Web Accounts. Follow the instructions that correspond to the account you have.

Basic Web Account (you@mia.net)
Domain Web Account (you@your-company.com)

Basic Web Account Setup

1. Start the Netscape Browser by double clicking on the program icon. Choose "Mail and News Preferences..." under the "Options" menu. You will be shown the Settings window. The main preferences that must be set are in the "Servers" and the "Identity" tabs.
   
   
2. Fill in the information as shown in the "Servers" area.
   

1. Fill in the SMTP and POP mail server names as shown.
   
2. Replace "username" with the username given to you in the confirmation e-mail sent when you signed up.
   
   

These are the only mandatory settings you need to check your e-mail using the Netscape E-mail client. There are other settings, but they do not need to be specific. You are now ready to use your e-mail account. Close the window, and choose "Netscape Mail..." from the "Window" menu. From then on, you may read the documentation that came with the Netscape Browser.

Domain Web Account Setup

1. Start the Netscape Browser by double clicking on the program icon. Choose "Mail and News Preferences..." under the "Options" menu. You will be shown the Settings window. The main preferences that must be set are in the "Servers" and the "Identity" tabs.
   
   
2. Fill in the information as shown in the "Servers" area.
   
   
   
   
3. Fill in the SMTP and POP mail server names with "mail.yourdomain.com," with "yourdomain.com" as the domain you signed up for and are registered with InterNIC.
   
4. Replace "POP user ID" with the login name given to you in the confirmation e-mail when you signed up, in the following form as shown above: username%yourdomain.com
   Note: be sure to use "%" not "@"
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These are the only mandatory settings you need to check your e-mail using the Netscape E-mail client. There are other settings, but they do not need to be specific. You are now ready to use your e-mail account. Close the window, and choose "Netscape Mail..." from the "Window" menu. From then on, you may read the documentation that came with the Netscape Browser.