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Netscape 7 and Mozilla/Thunderbird Mail Setup

To create a new account

1. From the main menu, select Edit -> Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings
2. Click on the Add Account button under the list of accounts on the left.
3. Enter your name and the email address you want to use as the From for this account. Click on next.
4. Select POP and enter the name of your incoming server: default is mail.yourdomain.com.
5. Enter your full email address as the user name (e.g. joe@yourdomain.com)
6. Click on finish.
7. After you have created the account you can edit the account settings to add a signature file and set the other parameters.
8. For your outgoing (SMTP) server, select the Outgoing (smtp) server link on the left hand account display, and enter: mail.yourdomain.com. 

When you first try to get mail, you will be prompted for the password. Check save password to have the mail client automatically log in on subsequent attempts.

To modify an existing account:

1. From the main menu, select Edit -> Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings
2. Select an existing account to modify from the list of accounts on the left.
3. Edit the name for the account (this will show up in the account panel of the mail client), then enter your name and the email address you want to use as the From for this account.
4. Select Server from the menu on the left and enter the name of your incoming server: default is mail.yourdomain.com. 
5. Enter your full email address as the user name (e.g. joe@yourdomain.com. )
6. Click on OK
7. For your outgoing (SMTP) server, select the Outgoing (smtp) server link on the left hand account display, and enter: mail.yourdomain.com. 

When you first try to get mail, you will be prompted for the password. Check save password to have the mail client automatically log in on subsequent attempts.

Netscape 6 Mail Setup

Netscape 6 does not let you modify the login information for an existing account. You must add a new account and then delete your old one (if necessary).

1. Bring up Netscape Messenger and select any existing mail account. This should display the management links in the main window.
2. Click on Create a New Account
3. Select ISP or email provider - click next
4. Enter your name and email address as you want them displayed in your emails - click next
5. Select POP and enter the name of the POP3 server sent to you in your welcome mail (default is mail.yourdomain.com. ) - click next
6. For User Name enter your full email address (e.g., joe@yourdomain.com. ) - click next
7. Enter the name you will use to refer to the account in your mail client - click next
8. Click finish
9. For Outgoing mail (SMTP) server enter the name of the SMTP server sent to you in your welcome email (mail.yourdomain.com. ).

Netscape 4.7 Messenger Setup

1. Enter the user name. This is your full email address (e.g., joe@yourdomain.com ).

1. Click on Edit and then Preferences on the main menu of either Messenger or Navigator
2. Click on the + next to Mail & Newsgroups
3. Click on Mail Servers
4. Select the Incoming mail server and click on Edit
5. For Server Name enter mail.yourdomain.com.
6. For Server Type select POP3 Server
7. For your user name enter your entire email address using a % instead of @ (e.g., for joe@yourdomain.com.  enter joe%yourdomain.com. )
8. Clickon OK
9. For Outgoing mail (SMTP) mail server enter the name of the SMTP server sent to you in your welcome mail (default is mail.yourdomain.com. ).
10. Leave the Outgoing mail server user name blank
11. Click on OK
12. Close Netscape and restart to get your mail.