Configuring Netscape Messenger Email
Open Messenger.
Click Edit on the
menu bar.
Click Preferences in the Edit menu.
Click Identity under the Mail
& Newsgroups section of the Preferences window.
Complete the following fields in the
Preferences window
Your Name - The name from which any
e-mail sent using this profile will display.
E-mail Address - The e-mail address
from which any e-mail sent using this profile will display. This has to be
Your_User_Name@cantonsouthdakota.com
- Click Mail Servers under the Mail
& Newsgroups section of the Preferences box.
- Click Edit under Incoming Mail
Servers.
- Complete the following fields in the
Mail Server Properties Box:
Server Name - The mail server
from which e-mail is to be retrieved. . For example:
mail.cantonsouthdakota.com. Be sure to put mail.cantonsouthdakota.com,
as applicable.
Server Type - We use the POP3
protocol. Do not change the server type to anything besides POP3.
User Name - The user on your
email server from which you wish to retrieve mail. in this format
username%cantonsouthdakota.com
- Click OK to return to the
Preferences window.
- Complete the following fields under Outgoing
Mail Server.
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server -
The mail server through which e-mail will be sent.
You may use your ISP's outgoing mail
server.
-
Outgoing Mail Server User Name -
Check with your ISP to determine your username.
- Click OK to close the Preferences
window.
Unfortunately, Netscape Messenger does not
natively support retrieval of multiple e-mail accounts for POP3 mail
servers.
To retrieve mail from multiple accounts,
you will need to setup additional user profiles using the User Profile
Manager supplied with Netscape. See your Netscape documentation for more
information.
There are many more options available in
Netscape Messenger. See the software's documentation for more information
about advanced options.
