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E-mail Account Setup
1) Open Netscape and click "Window" in the menu bar, then select "Mail & Newsgroups"
2) In the "Mail & Newsgroups" window, click on "Edit", then select "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings..."
3) If it is not already highlighted, click once on
"Outgoing Server (SMTP)" in the lefthand window, and then fill out the
empty fields so that they look as they appear below:
Server
Name: smtp.umn.edu
Port: 587
Use
name and password:
checked
Username: YourInternetID (central X.500 username)
Use secure connection
(SSL): TLS
4) Click on the "Add Account..." button, and the "Account Wizard" will start. Make sure the circle next to "Email account" is filled, and then click "Next"
5) Fill in the desired values for "Your Name:" (the name you want to be displayed on all the e-mails you send out) and "Email Address:", then click "Next"
6) On the "Server Information" page, make sure the circle next to "IMAP" is filled. In the field next to "Incoming Server:" enter "<your_internet_id>.email.umn.edu", replacing "your_internet_id" with your own assigned Internet ID.
7) For the "User Name:" field, enter your Internet ID, then click "Next"
8) On the "Account Name" window, enter "U of MN IMAP" and click "Next"
9) Review the information that is displayed. If errors appear, click the "Back" button to correct them, as shown in the previous steps. When done click "Finish".
10) You should now see the "U of MN IMAP" account appear in the left-hand window. Click the arrow next to "U of MN IMAP" until it points down, then click once on "Server Settings". Change the settings on the right-hand side of the window to match the settings below:
Server Name:
YourInternetID.email.umn.edu
User Name:
YourInternetID
Port: 993
Use secure
connection (SSL): checked
Check for new messages at
startup: checked
Check for new messages every ___
minutes: checked, 15 minutes
When I delete a
message: Move it to the Trash folder
LDAP Setup
1) To use the address book, first click "Window" on the menu bar, and then select "Address Book"
2) Click "Edit" on the menu bar, then select "Preferences"
4) Click the arrow next to "Mail & Newsgroups" so that it points downwards, click once on "Addressing". On the right side of the window, check the box next to "Directory Server:". Click on the button labeled "Edit Directories..."
5) On the "LDAP Directory Servers" window, click "Add"
4) On the "Directory Server Properties" window, change the details so that the information matches that which is listed here:
Name: UMN LDAP
Hostname:
ldap.umn.edu
Base DN: o=University of Minnesota,
c=US
Port number: 389
Bind DN:
<blank>
Use secure connection (SSL): unchecked
Then click "OK" to exit the "Directory
Server Properties" window, and "OK" again to
exit the "Preferences" window.
6) To perform a lookup using the LDAP server, first click on the "UMN LDAP" icon in the lefthand column of the Address Book. Then clickin the field to the left of the "Name or Email contains" label. Fill in part of the information you wish to search for (here "help@umn.edu" was entered) and Netscape displays the information available for all enteries in the U of MN directory matching that string.
Address Book Setup
1) To add someone to your address book, first click on "File" then select "New" and "Address Book Card..."
2) In the "New card for..." window, enter the information you wish to save, and then click "OK"
3) You can also make new e-mail lists, by clicking on "File" in the menu bar, then select "New" and "Mailing List..."
4) In the "Mailing List" window, enter the "List Name" (the full name of your list, for your reference), the "List Nickname" (shorthand you can use in your mail address fields), and optionally fill in the "Description" field. Under the label "Type email addresses to add them to the mailing list: " enter the e-mail addesses or nicknames of addresses you already have in your address book to the list. When finished, click "OK"
5) There are several different ways to use the address book to add people to an e-mail. One way is to click on "Compose" in the "Mail & Newsgroups" main window, then enter the nickname you assigned to a person or list, in the space next to the "To:" label. Then, enter a subject and the body of your message. When you hit "Send", Netscape will treat the nickname as the list you previously entered.