How to Send Email From Netscape
1.Composition of an email address -
User Name - This is something you decide when you open up
your account with your ISP or Internet Service Provider.
Domain Name - This is the name of the ISP's server. Here's a
theoretical example of how an email address is structured:
yourusername@yourisp.com
2.Let's Get Netscape Navigator!
Netscape doesn't come with Windows, and you will need to
install it. Here are your installation options:
1.Contact Netscape and ask how much it would be to have the latest version of Netscape Communicator sent to you on CD-ROM or set of floppies. You may also go to their Website at http:/www.netscape.com
2.Contact your ISP and see if they will provide you with this. Some do, some don't.
3.Go to Comp USA or other computer store. You should be able to purchase the Netscape Communicator CD with complete instructions for under $40.00.
If you have the MSIE browser installed already, just type http://www.netscape.com in the address box at the top of the browser, and this should take you to Netscape's Website. Once your there, you will find a link that says "Browsers" or something similar. Follow the instructions given at their Website to complete the download.
3.Configuring your Mail Settings for your browser
Before you do anything, you will need to obtain certain information from your Internet Service Provider. You can either read the technical documentation that came with your Dialup Connection, or contact their technical support center for it. Many ISP's even have instructions posted on their websites regarding to do this, but this manual assumes they don't. Here's the information you'll need:
a.Your full email address
b.Username
c.Password
d.Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server
e.Incoming Mail Server
f.Mail Server Type (POP3 or IMAP)
Once you have obtained this information, here's what you need to do:
From your Netscape browser, select Preferences from the Edit menu. There will be a white box on the left side of the Preferences Dialog Box. Single Click the plus sign to the left of the Mail & Groups Category and you should see more options pop out in a tree like form. Now, click the 'identity' tab and make sure it's blue. This way, you'll know it's selected.
Now regarding the text boxes displayed at the right, enter:
1.Your name in the name field
2.Your email address in the email address field (This needs to be the one your ISP provided you with.
3.Your email address once again in the reply to field (Use the same one unless you went to Hotmail or are using your domain name "e.g: info@garvinweb.com" and wish to use that
4.Leave the Organization field blank unless you want to enter your companies contact information here.
5.In the 'signature file' box, just create a ".txt" file in Notepad and put whatever you want on it and save it as ".sig.txt". Remember where you saved it. Here's an example of a sig file:
-----------------------------------------------
Increase Profits from your Website
http://www.palis.com/galore
Sign up in advance for a new affiliate program
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Just use your browse button to the right of the text box and navigate through your directories to call up this file. Once this is done, every time you send an email in Netscape, the information inside the ".txt" file (that you can edit anytime) will automatically be displayed at the bottom of every email message you send. See the power in this? You don't have to manually type in your company contact information anymore every time you send a message, or remind them to sign your guest roster. With a sig file, it's done automatically!
Now, go back to the Category Box and click on the mail server tab and enter in the following data:
1.Enter your username where it says "Mail Server User Name"
2.Enter the Outgoing SMTP mail server with info your ISP gave you (e.g. smtp.aol.com)
3.Enter the Incoming mail server with info your ISP gave you (e.g. mail.aol.com)
4.Click the appropriate radio button, either POP3 or IMAP depending on what you were told.you had by your ISP.
This should complete the configuration on your Mail Settings in Netscape Communicator.
4.Getting Into Your Mailbox -
1.Connect to the Internet. You cannot ever send an email unless you are connected to the internet.
2.Double Click the Netscape Icon on your Windows Desktop to open Netscape Communicator.
3.Once Netscape Communicator is fully loaded, select 'Messenger Mailbox' from the Communicator menu. The other way to access your mail area is to click that icon located at the bottom right corner that looks like a tiny mailbox.
Now you should be in your Mailbox. In the Textbox on the top left of your Messenger Mailbox, make sure that your "Inbox" is selected. Now click that small little mail icon again and it should either download your mail or prompt you for your password. Since you haven't been receiving mail, you'll probably just get a welcome message from Marc Andreessen of Netscape.
5.Sending My First Electronic Mail -
1.On the navigation toolbar, click the New Message icon. You should see a mail composition box come up with a blinking prompt next to a To:
2.Type in the appropriate email address in this To field. In this case, type in your own email address. This way, the message will go right back to you!
3.Go to the subject. Type in a few words in the subject line.
4.Click Send. In a few moments, you should be receiving a message in your mailbox with the message you just sent. Pretty neat, huh?
Concept Check -
1.Send an email to info@garvinweb.com using your Netscape Communicator browser. Put My First Email in the Subject. Send me a couple of sentences of your choice in the body of the message.
2.Create a 'sig file' and remember where it is so you can update it later. Put anything inside it you would want sent with each outgoing message.
Extra Stuff -
Visit these sites:
http://temagami.carleton.ca/ccs/docs/filetransfer/attachment.html - Here's some info on emails.
http://www.whitehouse.gov - Send an email to the President of the United States. Tell him anything on your mind, well, almost anything!
http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html - Here's the Congressional Email Directory. Thought you might be interested!
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