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How to use your Netscape Navigator to Read Mail for Netscape 3.x or earlier:

Reading your email: A new Mail Window allows you to read your email, sort the messages, file them in folders, and mail replies.

New Mail Reading Window: The Mail Window has 3 panes: a mail folder pane, a message list pane, and a message text pane. You can adjust the relative sizes of the panes by dragging the pane dividers. You may want to start by making the mail folder pane a little wider so that you can see the names of the mail folders. The individual columns in each panel can be adjusted. Hold the mouse over the column titles. A corner will activate when you're at the end of a column title. You can drag and drop the corner to resize the columns.

Netscape comes with a sample mail message. Click on the "inbox" folder to see the message. You can use the toolbar button or menu to Get New Mail. You can navigate through your mail messages by clicking on the "Date", "Sender", or "Subject" fields of the message list pane. The buttons and Go Menu also help you navigate.

A bold message in the message list signifies that you have not read this message yet. Once you read it, it becomes normal (i.e. unbold).

Send Now or Send Later - Deferred Mail: Netscape allows you to compose all your email off-line and then send them all at once. When you're in the Message Composition Window, select Deferred Delivery from the Options menu. Deferred mail is stored in the OUTBOX folder. When you exit the Mail Window, you will be asked if you want the messages to be sent. You can also choose "File" then "Send Mail in Outbox" (from the Netscape Mail Window), to send all your deferred Mail.

Organizing your Mail: The Sort Menu allows you to view your list of messages in various ways. You can even thread the messages by subject.
     The Edit Menu lets you select and delete messages. Deleted messages are
     put in a mail folder called "trash". You can create other mail folders
     with the File Menu.

7. Mail Password: Netscape Mail remembers your mail password. To enable
     this feature, check the "Remember Mail Password" on the Organization
     panel of the Mail and News preferences under Options

8. New Mail Indicator: There is a mail preference "Check for mail every n
     minutes" on the Servers panel of the Mail and News preferences. As long
     as the Navigator is running and the Mail password has been entered or
     saved, Netscape will check for new mail at the specified frequency. If
     there is new mail, the mail will not be automatically downloaded; the
     mail indicator in the lower right corner of the Browser, Mail, and News
     windows will change appearance with an exclamation(!) to signify you have
     new mail messages. Click the mail indicator (Envelope in the lower right
      corner) to open the Mail window and retrieve new mail, or open Netscape Mail under
      the Window menu bar item.

9. Find: You can search for text in the headers of mail and news messages
     using the Find command located on the Edit menu. Find searches the
     displayed headers of the messages in the current folder, starting with
     the current message. Use Find Again to continue with the next message.

How to use Netscape Navigator for news groups

1. New News Reading Window: The News Reader was rewritten to provide a
     more concise view of the news hosts, newsgroups, and articles. It uses
     the same type of 3-paned window that the Mail reader uses. Your
     existing newsrc file is compatible with the new news interface.

2. Reading News Articles: Reading news is very much like reading mail
     messages. Instead of Getting New Mail, you can click on the newsgroup
     to bring up the list of articles and see the new ones that have
     arrived.

3. Updated Mail and News Composition: A new Mail and News composition
     window lets you send new messages, and reply to or forward existing
     messages. Use the Options Menu then Show All Headers command to find
     fields for carbon copy, blind carbon copy (Bcc:), and file carbon copy
     (Fcc:) where you can save a copy for yourself.

4. Link to the Address Book: You can type the names of users or mailing
     lists into the To:, CC:, and BCC: fields. When you click on a new field
     with the mouse, or hit tab, the email addresses will be expanded.
     Double-clicking on an entry in the address book will bring up a new
     Composition window, addressed to that address.

5. Multiple Attachments: The Attach button lets you add and delete
     multiple attachments to your email message, including both local files
     and URLs.

6. AppleDouble Attachments: Files sent as attachments from the Macintosh
     version of the Navigator are sent using AppleDouble encoding, which
     allows for the preservation of Macintosh file forks. On Windows and
     Unix versions of Navigator, you have the option of receiving these
     attachments as either a Macintosh file, which can be saved and
     transferred for use on a Macintosh, or as a data file which can be used
     on the receiving platform.

7. More Options: Look at the Options Menu | Mail and News... | Compose
     pane for more mail composition options.

8. Address Book Window: The address book looks and works very much like
     the bookmarks. You can view the whole address book by going to the
     Window Menu and choose Address Book.

9. Add Users from the Address Book Window's Item Menu, or automatically
     create an entry from the Message Menu in the Mail or News window.

10. Do you have lists of people to send mail to? In the Address Book
     window, mailing lists are represented by the folder icon. Add list
     entries from the Address Book Window's Item menu, then drag and drop
     individual users into the list/folders.

11. You can use these List and User entries in three ways. You can type the
     nicknames into the mail composition window in the To:, CC:, and BCC:
     fields. You can also double-click on an icon in the Address Book window
     to bring up a pre-addressed composition window.

How to Set up Netscape 3.x

   * How to Set up Default homepage
       1. choose Options then General Preferences.. from menu items
       2. Click Appearance
       3. In Startup and Browser starts with, check Home Page Location
       4. Type "http://www.catskill.net"
       5. Click OK

   * How to Set up e-mail and news group
       1. choose Options then Mail and News Preferences.. from menu item
       2. Click Servers tab
             + In Outgoing Mail(SMTP) Server, type: "catskill.net"
             + In Incoming Mail(POP) Server, type: "catskill.net"
             + In Pop User Name, type: your username
             + In News (NNTP) Server, type: "news.catskill.net"
       3. Click Identity tab
             + In Your Email, type: "your username@catskill.net "
             + In Reply-to Address, type: "your username@catskill.net "
       4. Click Organization tab
             + In General, Check Remember Mail Password if you want.
   (This will stop your computer for asking for your password when you check your mail)
       5. Click OK
       6. Mail and News setup is done.

       7. Receiving and Sending mail: choose Window then Netscape Mail or click
          little Envelope Icon on the Right bottom bar to open the Netscape Mail
          window.
       8. Read Newsgroup: choose Window then Netscape News to open Netscape
         News window.

   * How to Set up Bookmarks
       1. Pull down Bookmarks items, you see a list of page titles.
       2. To bring a page to your screen, choose the title of the page.
       3. Add bookmark: Choose Bookmarks then Add Bookmark menu item to add the
          current page to your bookmark list
       4. Going to bookmark window: choose Window then Bookmarks to get in.
       5. Creating a new folder (header): choose Item then Insert Folder from the
          Bookmarks window then Type "Folder name".
       6. Edit Bookmark: drag-and-drop a bookmark into the resulting folder.
          or Cut, Copy, Paste, delete from Edit menu item in Bookmarks
          Window.

How to Set up Netscape 4.0 Communicator

   * How to Set up Default homepage
       1. choose Edit then Preferences..
       2. Click Navigator on the left hand side.
       3. Choose Navigator starts with Home Page
       4. Type "http://www.catskill.net" in the location area
       5. Click OK
   * How to Set up e-mail and news (Discussion) group
       1. choose Edit then Preferences..
       2. Click Mail & Groups on the left hand side.
       3. Click Identity tag
             + In Your Name, type: your real name
             + In Your Email address, type: "your username@catskill.net "
             + In Reply-to Address, type: "your username@catskill.net "
             + The Organization is optional.
       4. Click Mail Server on the left hand side.
             + In Mail server user name, type: your username
             + In Outgoing mail (SMTP) server, type: catskill.net
             + In Incoming mail (SMTP) server, type: catskill.net
             + In Mail Server Type, select: POP3 and do not check the leave
               messages on server after retrieval.
             + Click on More Options...
             + Check Remember Mail Password if you want.
(This will stop your computer for asking for your password when you check your mail)
             + Click OK. Email is now set up. Click OK again or continue to
               set up Discussion Groups.
       5. Click Groups Server on the left hand side. (remember that this is
          in Edit then Preferences)
             + In Discussion groups (News) server, type: news.catskill.net
             + Click OK. News is now set up.

   * How to set up Communicator 4.0 for multiple Users (Profiles)(Win95)

            1. Close down your Communicator program
            2. Click on the Start button ---->Programs----> Netscape
               Communicator ---> Utilities---->User Profile Manager
            3. In the Profile Manager, click New ---->Next
            4. Type in your real name in the Full Name section
            5. Type in your email address in the Email Address section
               then click next.
            6. You can change the name of the profile if you want, but
               you can just leave it as it is and click next.
            7. In the SMTP area type "catskill.net"
            8. In the Incoming Mail area type "catskill.net "
            9. The mail server type is POP3
           10. Click next
           11. In the NNTP server area type in news.catskill.net
           12. Click Finish
           13. You might need to close Netscape down again if it
               automatically starts.
           14. The next time it starts when you click on the Netscape
               Communicator Icon you will be prompted to pick which
               profile you want to use. By selecting the profile, you
               will start a Communicator with the settings for that
               profile. You may need to configure the Communicator for
               email, news and other personal options which can be
               found above.

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Tech Support: Netscape Configurations
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	How to use your Netscape Navigator to Read Mail for Netscape 3.x or earlier: Reading your email: A new Mail Window allows you to read your email, sort the messages, file them in folders, and mail replies. New Mail Reading Window: The Mail Window has 3 panes: a mail folder pane, a message list pane, and a message text pane. You can adjust the relative sizes of the panes by dragging the pane dividers. You may want to start by making the mail folder pane a little wider so that you can see the names of the mail folders. The individual columns in each panel can be adjusted. Hold the mouse over the column titles. A corner will activate when you're at the end of a column title. You can drag and drop the corner to resize the columns. Netscape comes with a sample mail message. Click on the "inbox" folder to see the message. You can use the toolbar button or menu to Get New Mail. You can navigate through your mail messages by clicking on the "Date", "Sender", or "Subject" fields of the message list pane. The buttons and Go Menu also help you navigate. A bold message in the message list signifies that you have not read this message yet. Once you read it, it becomes normal (i.e. unbold). Send Now or Send Later - Deferred Mail: Netscape allows you to compose all your email off-line and then send them all at once. When you're in the Message Composition Window, select Deferred Delivery from the Options menu. Deferred mail is stored in the OUTBOX folder. When you exit the Mail Window, you will be asked if you want the messages to be sent. You can also choose "File" then "Send Mail in Outbox" (from the Netscape Mail Window), to send all your deferred Mail. Organizing your Mail: The Sort Menu allows you to view your list of messages in various ways. You can even thread the messages by subject. The Edit Menu lets you select and delete messages. Deleted messages are put in a mail folder called "trash". You can create other mail folders with the File Menu. 7. Mail Password: Netscape Mail remembers your mail password. To enable this feature, check the "Remember Mail Password" on the Organization panel of the Mail and News preferences under Options 8. New Mail Indicator: There is a mail preference "Check for mail every n minutes" on the Servers panel of the Mail and News preferences. As long as the Navigator is running and the Mail password has been entered or saved, Netscape will check for new mail at the specified frequency. If there is new mail, the mail will not be automatically downloaded; the mail indicator in the lower right corner of the Browser, Mail, and News windows will change appearance with an exclamation(!) to signify you have new mail messages. Click the mail indicator (Envelope in the lower right corner) to open the Mail window and retrieve new mail, or open Netscape Mail under the Window menu bar item. 9. Find: You can search for text in the headers of mail and news messages using the Find command located on the Edit menu. Find searches the displayed headers of the messages in the current folder, starting with the current message. Use Find Again to continue with the next message. How to use Netscape Navigator for news groups 1. New News Reading Window: The News Reader was rewritten to provide a more concise view of the news hosts, newsgroups, and articles. It uses the same type of 3-paned window that the Mail reader uses. Your existing newsrc file is compatible with the new news interface. 2. Reading News Articles: Reading news is very much like reading mail messages. Instead of Getting New Mail, you can click on the newsgroup to bring up the list of articles and see the new ones that have arrived. 3. Updated Mail and News Composition: A new Mail and News composition window lets you send new messages, and reply to or forward existing messages. Use the Options Menu then Show All Headers command to find fields for carbon copy, blind carbon copy (Bcc:), and file carbon copy (Fcc:) where you can save a copy for yourself. 4. Link to the Address Book: You can type the names of users or mailing lists into the To:, CC:, and BCC: fields. When you click on a new field with the mouse, or hit tab, the email addresses will be expanded. Double-clicking on an entry in the address book will bring up a new Composition window, addressed to that address. 5. Multiple Attachments: The Attach button lets you add and delete multiple attachments to your email message, including both local files and URLs. 6. AppleDouble Attachments: Files sent as attachments from the Macintosh version of the Navigator are sent using AppleDouble encoding, which allows for the preservation of Macintosh file forks. On Windows and Unix versions of Navigator, you have the option of receiving these attachments as either a Macintosh file, which can be saved and transferred for use on a Macintosh, or as a data file which can be used on the receiving platform. 7. More Options: Look at the Options Menu \| Mail and News... \| Compose pane for more mail composition options. 8. Address Book Window: The address book looks and works very much like the bookmarks. You can view the whole address book by going to the Window Menu and choose Address Book. 9. Add Users from the Address Book Window's Item Menu, or automatically create an entry from the Message Menu in the Mail or News window. 10. Do you have lists of people to send mail to? In the Address Book window, mailing lists are represented by the folder icon. Add list entries from the Address Book Window's Item menu, then drag and drop individual users into the list/folders. 11. You can use these List and User entries in three ways. You can type the nicknames into the mail composition window in the To:, CC:, and BCC: fields. You can also double-click on an icon in the Address Book window to bring up a pre-addressed composition window. How to Set up Netscape 3.x * How to Set up Default homepage 1. choose Options then General Preferences.. from menu items 2. Click Appearance 3. In Startup and Browser starts with, check Home Page Location 4. Type "http://www.catskill.net" 5. Click OK * How to Set up e-mail and news group 1. choose Options then Mail and News Preferences.. from menu item 2. Click Servers tab + In Outgoing Mail(SMTP) Server, type: "catskill.net" + In Incoming Mail(POP) Server, type: "catskill.net" + In Pop User Name, type: your username + In News (NNTP) Server, type: "news.catskill.net" 3. Click Identity tab + In Your Email, type: "your username@catskill.net " + In Reply-to Address, type: "your username@catskill.net " 4. Click Organization tab + In General, Check Remember Mail Password if you want. (This will stop your computer for asking for your password when you check your mail) 5. Click OK 6. Mail and News setup is done. 7. Receiving and Sending mail: choose Window then Netscape Mail or click little Envelope Icon on the Right bottom bar to open the Netscape Mail window. 8. Read Newsgroup: choose Window then Netscape News to open Netscape News window. * How to Set up Bookmarks 1. Pull down Bookmarks items, you see a list of page titles. 2. To bring a page to your screen, choose the title of the page. 3. Add bookmark: Choose Bookmarks then Add Bookmark menu item to add the current page to your bookmark list 4. Going to bookmark window: choose Window then Bookmarks to get in. 5. Creating a new folder (header): choose Item then Insert Folder from the Bookmarks window then Type "Folder name". 6. Edit Bookmark: drag-and-drop a bookmark into the resulting folder. or Cut, Copy, Paste, delete from Edit menu item in Bookmarks Window. How to Set up Netscape 4.0 Communicator * How to Set up Default homepage 1. choose Edit then Preferences.. 2. Click Navigator on the left hand side. 3. Choose Navigator starts with Home Page 4. Type "http://www.catskill.net" in the location area 5. Click OK * How to Set up e-mail and news (Discussion) group 1. choose Edit then Preferences.. 2. Click Mail & Groups on the left hand side. 3. Click Identity tag + In Your Name, type: your real name + In Your Email address, type: "your username@catskill.net " + In Reply-to Address, type: "your username@catskill.net " + The Organization is optional. 4. Click Mail Server on the left hand side. + In Mail server user name, type: your username + In Outgoing mail (SMTP) server, type: catskill.net + In Incoming mail (SMTP) server, type: catskill.net + In Mail Server Type, select: POP3 and do not check the leave messages on server after retrieval. + Click on More Options... + Check Remember Mail Password if you want. (This will stop your computer for asking for your password when you check your mail) + Click OK. Email is now set up. Click OK again or continue to set up Discussion Groups. 5. Click Groups Server on the left hand side. (remember that this is in Edit then Preferences) + In Discussion groups (News) server, type: news.catskill.net + Click OK. News is now set up. * How to set up Communicator 4.0 for multiple Users (Profiles)(Win95) 1. Close down your Communicator program 2. Click on the Start button ---->Programs----> Netscape Communicator ---> Utilities---->User Profile Manager 3. In the Profile Manager, click New ---->Next 4. Type in your real name in the Full Name section 5. Type in your email address in the Email Address section then click next. 6. You can change the name of the profile if you want, but you can just leave it as it is and click next. 7. In the SMTP area type "catskill.net" 8. In the Incoming Mail area type "catskill.net " 9. The mail server type is POP3 10. Click next 11. In the NNTP server area type in news.catskill.net 12. Click Finish 13. You might need to close Netscape down again if it automatically starts. 14. The next time it starts when you click on the Netscape Communicator Icon you will be prompted to pick which profile you want to use. By selecting the profile, you will start a Communicator with the settings for that profile. You may need to configure the Communicator for email, news and other personal options which can be found above.
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