Configuring Netscape Communicator

You must wait until your domain name has propagated (around 72 hours after signing up for your hosting account) before you can receive email to your account.

Setting Up Netscape Communicator

1. Go to the "Edit" pull-down menu and select "Preferences".

2. Click on the plus sign, "+", next to "Mail & Newsgroups" and select "Identity".

3. Enter the following information.

Your name - Enter the name that people will see when they receive email from you.

Email address - Enter the email address of an account which you have already created through your control panel.

4. Click on "Mail Servers" in the menu on the left.

5. Enter the following information.

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server - Enter your ISP's outgoing mail (SMTP) server.

 

In the "Use Secure Layer..." section, make sure the "Never" option is selected.

6. In the "Incoming Mail Servers" section, click "Add".

7. In the popup window, enter the following information.

Server Name - Enter your incoming mail server: "mail.yourdomain.com".

Server Type - Select "POP3 Server".

User Name - Enter the username you entered when you created the email account in your control panel.

8. Check the "Remember password" check box.

9. Click "OK" to close the "Mail Servers Properties" box.

10. Click "OK" to close the "Preferences" box

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