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How
To Configure Mail (Messenger) and News (Collabra)
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- Operating
System: Windows 95
- Application:
Netscape Communicator
- Application
Version: 4.x
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While Netscape makes for a wonderful web browser, it can also
be used for checking e-mail and Usenet news. Below are instructions
to set up Communicator's Mail and News components (Messenger
and Collabra) for use with CocoNet.
To
Configure e-mail (Messenger):
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Select
Preferences from the Edit
menu.
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Click
once on the plus (+) sign
to the left of Mail and News category.
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Click
once on Identity, just below the
Mail and News category.
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Fill
in the following fields:
Real Name: Enter your name. (This is optional).
E-mail Address: Enter your CocoNet e-mail address.
Reply-To Address: Leave This Blank
Organization: This can be the company you represent or work
for. (It too is optional).
Signature File: Any text in this field will appear at the bottom
of every e-mail you send. This is useful for
things such as automatically putting your name
and e-mail address at the bottom of every e-mail
you send. You can press the Choose button
to select a text file as your signature.
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Click
once on Mail Server in the Category
window.
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Enter
the following information in the Identity
section:
Mail server username: Enter your CocoNet Username
Outgoing mail(SMTP)server: mail.coconet.com
Incoming mail server: mail.coconet.com
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Under
Mail Server Type, click once on POP3
if it is not already selected.
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Press
OK.
Netscape
Communicator's Messenger component should now be configured
for e-mail.
Configuring
Usenet News (Collabra)
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Select
Preferences from the Edit menu.
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Under
the Category section, click once on Mail
and News.
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Under
the Category section, click once on Groups
Server below the Mail and News
category.
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Enter
the following information in the Group Server
section:
Groups server (news) name: news.coconet.com
Port: 119
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Press
OK.
Netscape
Communicator's Collabra component is now configured for Usenet
news.
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