Howto setup Netscape or Mozilla Mail as email client
Howto setup Netscape or Mozilla Mail as email client
This howto is based on Netscape version 6.2, but should also with small adjustments be applicable for most other versions and also Mozilla.
Start Netscape and click on the small mail icon in the bottom left corner:
Choose the menu item "Edit" and click on "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings":
A new window will pop up - now create a new account by clicking "New Account". make sure the check box is marked by "ISP or email provider" before clicking "Next".
Now enter the sender information, that you wish to be displayed to the recipient of your emails - normally you would write your own name and email address in these two boxes, but it can just as well be a company name or "Customer Support", you enter in "Your name:" - In the following example we use John Doe and the domain gpserver.dk:
Click "Next" to continue.
The mail server setup can be slightly different from setup to setup. But "Incoming Server" is almost always "mail.your-domain.com" - in this case where we are are setting up an account for the domain "gpserver.dk" we need to use "mail.gpserver.dk". For the "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" we recommend using your internet providers SMTP server, since more and more providers block access to other SMTP servers than their own. See article from "Related articles" to see a list of provider SMTP servers in Denmark if you don't have your providers details on hand.
In the shown example we have chosen to use a POP3 server (which is the most common), but we do also support the use of IMAP - the difference is that POP3 retrieves the email to your local computer and then deletes the email on the server, while IMAP works with the email directly on the server, this means that the email stays on the server.
The advantage on using IMAP is greatest when you need the ability to access your email from the web mail interface or another computer, because the emails stays on the server until deleted. This is of course not possible if you use POP3 since the emails are stored on your computer and not on the server. The disadvantage is of course that you don't have unlimited space on the mail server, and must clean up the mail box in regular intervals or choose to upgrade your mail storage on your domain. You would also require a permanent connection to the internet, since you re connect to the server each time you click on an email.
Click "Next" to continue.
Enter the user name that you where given by the administrator - it is crucial that the user name is identical to the email address except for the "@" character that is replaced by a "%" character, since most email clients won't accept a "@" in the user name. This makes the user name in our case: "johndoe%gpserver.dk":
Click "Next" to continue.
"Account Name" is a descriptive name for the account, it is only there to make your life easier when juggling multiple email accounts. It is shown in the list of folders to the left of the messages Netscape suggest you use your email address but it could just as well be "Home", "Support", etc.
Clicking "Next" will take you to the summation of the entered information - check to see everything is in order and accept by clicking the "Finish" button.