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Quick Links: About Netscape 6 | Settings Up Netscape Navigator | Profile Manager | Links On This Page: New Mail Accounts | Editing Mail Accounts | Signatures | Folders | Filters | New Newsgroups Accounts | Editing Newsgroup Accounts | Setting up an e-mail account in Netscape is simple. First, open Netscape. Below is a screen shot of the toolbar. There are several ways to open Netscape Mail.
One way is to click Tasks and select Mail & Newsgroups from the menu.
Netscape Mail opens. Click Edit. Select Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings from the menu.
Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings opens. Select New Account.
The Account Wizard opens. Select ISP or email provider. Click Next. Note: To setup a Newsgroup account, click here.
Your Name = Enter your name. Email Address = Enter your full e-mail address. Click Next.
POP (Post Office Protocol) = This is your incoming mail server. This is dotted by default. Leave it dotted. The incoming mail server address is usually mail.ispname.com. Click Next.
Username = the first part of your e-mail address (everything before the @ispname.com). It should already be entered. Click Next.
Account Name = Can be anything you want. If you have more than one account, the name you enter should be descriptive to avoid confusion. Click Next.
Here you verify the information you entered. If any information is incorrect, click the 'Back' button and correct it. Note: You cannot change the Incoming Server information once you click Finish. Click Finish. Important: We're still not finished. We need to setup your outgoing mail server and enable SMTP authentication. That is covered in the next section.
We're here at Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings screen. Highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the left frame of the window as pictured below. The outgoing mail server will be something like mail.ispname.com.You must enable SMTP Authentication in order to send e-mails. Place a checkmark in Use name and password and enter your username in the User Name field. Never choose the "Use secure connection (SSL)" option. Just leave a black dot in the "Never" option.
Highlight the name you gave your account. I gave this account name 'Work Account or Home Account or Whatever'. You can edit the information here.Reply-to-Address : Unless you want people to reply to a different address than your e-mail address, leave this blank.
A signature is a word or phrase that Netscape appends to the end of each e-mail you send. If you'd like to create a signature, follow these steps: Place a check mark next to Attach this signature. Fill in the field below with the word or phrase you'd like appended to each e-mail.
Highlight Server Settings. You can edit your incoming server settings here and take advantage of certain options. For example, if you put a checkmark next to Leave messages on server then you'll download your e-mail to your computer but a copy of each e-mail will remain on the server. Obviously, we recommend that you not choose that option because it will fill-up your mailbox and then you won't be able to receive new mail. You're already downloading the mail to your home computer so you really don't need to leave the messages on the main ISP computer system in most cases.
A folder is used for storing certain e-mails. For example, your Inbox stores new and undeleted e-mail while your Outbox stores e-mail waiting to be sent. You can create new folders to hold specific types of e-mail. Suppose you get a lot of e-mail from work or family. All those e-mails can be stored in folders you create and name Work or Family. You can even enable Netscape to automatically filter and place those emails in the Work or Family folder when the e-mail arrives. For information on Filtering, click here. To create a folder, click on File, select New -> Folder... from the drop-down menus.
The following screen appears: Name = Name the folder. In this example, I use 'Work' as the folder name. If you'd like, you can make it a subfolder of another folder. Click OK.
In the following screen, you can see the new folder 'Work' is a subfolder of Inbox.
A Filter is a rule or set of rules that you stipulate to tell Netscape how to manage your e-mail. It is used in conjunction with Folders. It can be used for e-mail you want or don't want. For example, suppose you get unwanted e-mail that is very explicit. You can create a rule to tell Netscape to delete it without you having to view or deal with it. Let's create a filter for this. On the toolbar, click Edit and select Message Filters from the drop-down menu.
The following screen appears. Click New to create a new filter.
Filter name: Give the particular filter a descriptive name of what it filters.Click on the dropdown arrow and select Body from the menu. Select Contains from the next menu. Enter the word(s) or phrase(s) you'd like for the rule. In this example I use guns, violence and sex to filter out that kind of e-mail. Last, select Delete the message.This rule means that any e-mail that comes in that contains the word guns, violence or sex in the body of the e-mail will automatically be deleted. If you received e-mail that you wanted, as in the Work example earlier, you could have Netscape move it to a specific folder. You can create as many filters as you'd like. Click OK.
The new filter is now in the list. Click OK to close the window.
Newsgroups are posting boards spread out across the Internet. Many specialize in posting information and discussions while others focus on distributing things like pictures. For example, a newsgroup location called alt.sports.basketball.nba.utahjazz is dedicated to Utah Jazz basketball. There are two ways to access newsgroups on the network. You can use a browser such as Internet Explorer to go directly to a news server address such as news.ispname.com. The other method is to setup an e-mail program like Netscape Mail to download newsgroups and to check newsgroups for updates on a regular basis. Click
Edit and select Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings from the drop-down menu.
The following window appears. Click New Account.
The Account Wizard appears. Place a dot next to Newsgroup account. Click Next.
Your Name: Enter your name here. Email Address: You can enter your e-mail address here but you run the risk of getting added to "spam lists" that could result in a lot of unwanted mail. Many people put in a bogus e-mail address to avoid that. Click Next.
Server Name: The news server is always something like news.ispname.com. Click Next.
Account Name: Name this whatever you like. Click Next.
Verify the information you entered here. If any is incorrect, click the 'Back' button to find the necessary fields and change the incorrect information. Note: Netscape 6.2.2 will not allow you to change the server information after you click finish. Click Finish when you're done.
You should now see the following screen. Highlight Server Settings. You can edit the settings here and enable a few options to suit your needs.
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Netscape 6.2.2 For Windows
