• Open Netscape.
• Select the "Tasks" menu to
• Choose "Mail."

 

• Once inside the mail program, click the "Edit" menu.
• Choose "Mail/News Account Settings."

If you've already got your e-mail setup and you only need to make changes then click to highlight the e-mail account as shown below. If not, you need to click the "New Account" button and it will take you to the Mail Setup Wizard. <Click here to see the Mail Setup Wizard screen shots if needed.>

The "Account Name" should be something similar to your e-mail address.

The "Your Name" box can be a nickname or whatever you want people to see when you send them an e-mail.

The e-mail address needs to be your full e-mail address.

Click the "Server" link to get to the next window.

Leave the port set as 110.

Put in a checkmark and time frame for how often you want your e-mail to be checked.

Put in an "x" for automatically downloading new messages.

Highlight "Outgoing (SMTP) Server" as shown below. Plug-in your outgoing mail server address. It will usually follow the format of mail.ispname.com but some systems differ. If you are unsure of the correct address then call your local tech support number.

It is very important that you have an "x" in the "Always use name and password" box. Click in the box to add the "x" if needed. Put in your e-mail user name. It will be the first part of your e-mail address. For example, santa@northpole.com would have the user name santa and mail.northpole.com as the server name.

The prior window is from Netscape 6.0. Netscape 6.1 is slightly different but the setup is the same as pictured below.