Netscape 7 Configuration and Best Practices (Mac OS)

 

Introduction
Basic Configuration
Optional Settings

Handling Deleted Messsages

IMAP
POP

Secure Connections

 

Introduction

This document will cover how to configure Netscape 7.0.2 ideally and optimally for your computer. It will also provide guidelines for best practices and offer various tips, tricks, and strategies to best utilize the features of Netscape.

Basic Configuration

To configure Netscape for IMAP or POP e-mail:

1. Locate the Netscape program, which is generally located in your Applications folder if it has been installed correctly
2. Launch Netscape

If you have recently installed Netscape 7, and have not setup a mail account, the first time you click on the "Mail" button in the Netscape toolbar, or try to use any mail function in Netscape you will be presented with the "New Account Setup" wizard.

If you are not presented with this screen, choose "Mail & Newsgroups" from the "Windows" menu. Next, choose "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings" from the "Edit" menu. Next, click the "Add Account" button. You will be presented with the "New Account Setup" wizard.

 

From this initial screen, with the "Email account" button checked, click on the "Next >" button. You will be taken to the "Identity" setup.

 

 

Enter your name and your Penn e-mail address. Click the "Next >" button. You will be taken to the "Server Information" setup.

You will need to decide whether you will use IMAP or POP to check your account. ISC generally recommends using IMAP, but most campus servers support both. If you would like more information on the differences between IMAP and POP please see the document at . . .

IMAP Instructions

Under the text "Select the type of incoming server you are using" click on the IMAP button. Type in your mail server name in the box labeled "Incoming Server" using the table below.

If your school's IMAP server is not listed, or you do not know what to enter here, check with your Local Support Provider (LSP), department, or School for help.

POP Instructions

Under the text "Select the type of incoming server you are using" click on the POP button. Type in your mail server name in the box labeled "Incoming Server" using the table below.

If your e-mail address ends with	The POP server is
@dolphin.upenn.edu	dolphin.upenn.edu
@mail.med.upenn.edu	mail.med.upenn.edu
@pobox.upenn.edu	pobox.upenn.edu
@sas.upenn.edu	pop.sas.upenn.edu
@wharton.upenn.edu	post.wharton.upenn.edu

If your school's POP server is not listed, or you do not know what to enter here, check with your Local Support Provider (LSP), department, or School for help.

See the "Optional Advanced Settings" for instructions on how to keep mail on the server for a predetermined amount of time, and other settings relating to POP configurations.

 

Next, type in your SMTP server name in the box labeled "Outgoing Server". If you are not sure which SMTP server your should be using, check the following table.

If your e-mail address ends with	The SMTP server is
@dolphin.upenn.edu	dolphin.upenn.edu
@mail.med.upenn.edu	mail.med.upenn.edu
@pobox.upenn.edu	pobox.upenn.edu
@sas.upenn.edu	smtp.sas.upenn.edu
@wharton.upenn.edu	post.wharton.upenn.edu

Note: If you are using an Internet Service Provider (ISP) other than Penn (for example, UPHS, DCANet, Earthlink, Verizon DSL, Comcast cable modem, etc) to connect to your mail.med account, you will have different SMTP servers than those listed for Penn. Follow the instructions in the document "Sending E-mail: Selecting & Configuring Your SMTP Server."

Once you have entered your server information, click the "Next >" button. You will be taken to the "User Name" setup.

 

 

Type in your Penn user name. Your user name is the first part of your e-mail address that comes before the @. For example, if your e-mail address is joeranda@mail.med.upenn.edu your username would be joeranda. Click on the "Next >" button. You will be taken to the "Account Name" setup.

 

 

Type in the name by which you would like to refer to this account. For example, if this is your Penn e-mail your can refer to it as "Penn Account".

Once you have entered the name for this account, click on the "Next >" button. You will be taken to the summary screen for this setup.

 

 

Check and make sure that everything is correct, and when you're done click "Finish".

Once you have finished the initial setup, you will be taken back to the Netscape Messenger window where you will be able to view your mail. You will be asked to enter the password for your account, and you can decide whether or not you would like Netscape to remember this password by clicking the "Use Password Manager to remember this password" checkbox.

 

Optional Settings

Netscape has many other options that are not available during the initial account setup. To access these settings go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings".

Here you will find all the settings you entered previously, as well as some other settings that you might not have had access to during the initial setup.

Handling Deleted Messsages

IMAP:

If you're using IMAP, messages that you delete may stay in your account until they are expunged or purged (In Netscape you can choose "Compact Folders" from the "File" menu). You can adjust how Netscape handles these options by clicking on the "Server Settings" options in the "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings".

1. Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings".
2. Click on "Server Settings"

While the default setting for deleting messages is to move deleted messages to the trash folder, we recommend that you either set Netscape to "Mark it as deleted" or to "Remove it immediately". The default setting "Move it to the Trash folder" may cause problems if you ever run over your disk quota.

Also, clicking on the "Empty Trash on Exit" and "Clean up Inbox on Exit" in the "Server Settings" section will automatically remove your deleted messages when you quit Netscape.

POP:

If you plan on checking your mail from multiple locations, you should set Netscape to leave your mail on the server.

1.     Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings".

2.     Click on "Server Settings"

3.     Check the "Leave messages on server" checkbox

4.     Check the "Delete messages on server when they are deleted locally" checkbox

Mail will not be removed from the server until you delete it from your machine.

Secure Connections:

If your incoming mail server supports SSL, you can enable this in the "Server Settings" section of your account by clicking the "Use secure connection (SSL)" button.

1. Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings".
2. Click on "Server Settings"
3. Click the "Use secure connection (SSL)" button.