How To's

Netscape

1. Use the information from the internet control panel - this is appropriate if you are a single person using e-mail.
2. Enter your information in to Netscape directly - this is good if there will be more than one person doing e-mail. Netscape allows you to set up user profiles for each user. i.e. Mom has her own bookmarks and address book, Dad has his own, and child has their own.

1. Go to the Internet Control Panel from the Apple Menu.
2. Click on the e-mail tab
3. Enter the e-mail information provided by your Internet provider
4. While you are there, go to the other tabs and fill out the rest of the information
5. Make sure to select Netscape Communicator from the popup at the bottom of each tab as the Default.
6. Close the window and save changes
7. Double click on the Netscape Icon (which is probably in your Internet folder)
8. Go to File->Preferences
9. Look down the list on the left side of the Window for the category Mail & Newsgroup
10. Click on the next option down, which should be identity
11. Check the box that says Use Internet Config
12. Back on the left hand side, click on Mail Servers
13. Under the Incoming Mail Servers box, click the name of your server, then click edit
14. Check the Remember Password Box
15. You are done.

1. Locate the Netscape communicator folder on your hard drive - it is probably in the Internet folder
2. Double click the icon User Profile Manager
3. Click on New and follow the direction
4. Click on New for each person that wants to use Netscape
5. You are done. The next time you start Netscape, it will ask you which user you are.
6. Keep in mind that if each user wants their own e-mail account, you will have to contact the Internet provider and set that up.

1. Go to the Internet Control Panel from the Apple Menu
2. Click on the E-mail tab
3. Fill in the E-mail Account Information provided by your Internet provider.
4. At the bottom of the window, you will see Default E-mail Application. This should be set to Outlook Express by default. If it not, click the pop-up list and select Outlook Express. If it is not there or you want to use another application like Entourage, you will need to locate the application you want to use for e-mail by clicking through the Select an Application window until you find it.
5. After this is done, close the window and save changes.
6. Double click on the Mail icon on your computers desktop.
7. Your selected E-mail application will then launch.
8. If this is the first time it has launched, you will select an option for transferring data from another E-mail application or from an earlier version of Outlook Express.
9. After launch, click on the Tools listed in the Menu Bar. There, select Accounts from the bottom of the list.
10. In the window which follows, click on new.
11. Then, enter the Display Name which will appear on all your outgoing E-mail. After doing this, click on the small triangle to the right of the number 1 in the lower right corner.
12. In the next window, enter your E-mail address as supplied to you by your Internet Provider. Then , click on the small triangle to the right of the number 2.
13. In the following window, enter the POP and SMTP info as supplied to you by your Internet Provider. Then , click on the small triangle to the right of the number 3.
14. In the Internet Setup Assistant window, enter your Account ID, which is usually the text in your E-mail address before the @ symbol. In the next line, enter your E-mail password. These will show up as small black dots. Click the save password box. Then click on the small triangle to the right of the number 4.
15. In this next window, which is the last one, enter a name for the account. This can be anything you want. Then, click the Finish button. Your done. Go get your e-mail!