SETTING UP MAIL IN  NETSCAPE 7.x (MAC & WINDOWS)

The screen shots in this document are from the Windows version of Netscape 7.x and are nearly identical to the Mac version.  Any important differences will be noted. Mail settings for a fictitious OlympusNet customer are used for illustration. You should substitute your personal email account settings where indicated. 

Opening the Mail Preferences and setting the SMTP server.

2) On the left-hand side of the Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings window, click on "Outgoing Server (SMTP)".  On the right-hand side of the window, type send.olympus.net into the "Server Name" box then type your OlympusNet email address in the "User name" box ("janed@olympus.net" in this example). Make sure the "Use named and password" check-box.is checked.  Your settings should look something like the following.  You will  have other account settings listed if  Netscape  has already been set  to check another mailbox.

3) Click the "New Account" button in the lower-left corner of the window to start the Account Wizard. On the first screen, the first option "ISP or email provider" should be selected. Click Next.
4) In the "Your Name:" line, type your name as you would like it appear on mail that you send (e.g. "Jane Doe" then enter your email address in the Email Address: line. Click Next.
5) On the Server Information screen, select either POP or IMAP depending on the type of mailbox you are using. Type mail.olympus.net into the Server Name box then click Next.
6) Enter your email address into the "User Name" box then click Next.  Your username is your email address. 
7) You should now be on the "Account Name" screen which should have your email address already entered.  This is a good choice for an account name, so click Next. The last screen is a summary screen.  Check for typos then click Finish to return to the account settings window then click OK.
      

POP users:

You are now ready to check mail for the first time. On the left-hand side of the Mail window is a listing of folders. Click Inbox. If you do not see Inbox listed, click on the small triangle to left of your account name (which will be your email address if you accepted the default setting in step #7, above). Once you have the Inbox selected, the "Get Msg" (Get Messages) button will become available.  Click the "Get Msg" button.  The first time you check mail, you will be asked for your OlympusNet password. Enter your password  then check the box  "Use Password Manager to remember this password".  Click OK. Your mail will begin to download.

IMAP users

Under your new mail account listing, click "Server Settings".  From the pull down menu next to "When I delete a message", choose "Mark it as deleted". Click the Advanced button in the lower right corner.

When the "Advanced IMAP Server Settings" window opens, uncheck "Show only Subscribed folders" then click OK to close the Advanced window. Click OK again to close the Account Settings window. You are now ready to check mail for the first time. On the left-hand side of the Mail window will be a listing of folders. On the right hand side will be a number of options such as "Read Mail" and "Compose a New Message". Click on "Read Mail".  The first time you check mail, you will be asked for your OlympusNet password. Enter your password  then check the box  "Use Password Manager to remember this password".  Click OK. Your message headers will begin to download.