1. Select Mail & Newsgroups from Netscape's Window menu.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Click Create a new account.
   
   
   
   
   
3. The New Account Setup Wizard will appear. Click Email account and then click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Fill in your name and email address on the Identity screen. Click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
5. In the Server Information window click IMAP. Enter your IMAP mail server for the Incoming Server. Please click the link below to find our your IMAP mail server if you do not already know it.
   
   

   Click here to find out your mail server.

   
   (If you want to use POP instead, click POP and enter your POP mail server for the Incoming Server. (Should I use POP or IMAP?) Click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Enter your UNI on the User Name screen and clcik Next.
   
   
   
   
   
7. Enter Columbia IMAP on the Account Name screen and click Next. (If you are setting up a POP account, use the name Columbia POP instead.)
   
   
   
   
   
8. The account verification screen will appear. Click Finish if all the information is correct, or Back if you need to go back and correct anything.
   
   

Now that your incoming mail account has been set up, you need to configure some additional preferences.

1. Select Mail & Newsgroups from Netscape's Window menu.
   
   
   
   
   
2. Select Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings from the Edit menu.
   
   
   
   
   
3. On the introductory Account Settings preferences screen, you can select whether or not to compose messages in HTML format. This is a personal preference.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Click Server Settings under Columbia IMAP. (View a screenshot of POP settings instead.)
   
   Note: The Server Name may be different from the one in the sceenshot below. This will depend on the mail server you were given here.
   • In the Server Settings pane, check Use secure connection (SSL).
   • This is also the place where you can configure Netscape's mail checking and deleting behavior. Whether you want it to check for new mail at startup is a personal preference.
   • The mail checking interval should be at least 10 minutes.
   • AcIS strongly recommends that you have Netscape mark deleted messages and expunge the inbox on exit, as indicated in the screen shot. (The alternative, moving deleted messages to the Trash, can cause problems during periods of high mail system volume.)
   
   
   
   
5. Click Advanced. Make sure that neither of the boxes in the top pane is checked (Show only... and Server supports...), and make sure that the box in the bottom pane IS checked (Allow server...). Click OK.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Click Outgoing Server (SMTP).
   
   Tip: If you are using a non-Columbia ISP, they may require you to use the ISP's SMTP (outgoing mail) server rather than Columbia's. AOL, RCN Cable, AT&T DSL, and EarthLink are only a few of the ISPs with special requirements in this regard. Check with your ISP for configuration instructions for outgoing mail if you use a non-Columbia ISP.
   • Enter send.columbia.edu for the Server Name. Port 25 will already be filled in.
   • Click Use name and password and enter your UNI as the User Name.
   • For Use secure connection (SSL) click Always or SSL (in NS 7.2+) and click OK to exit the preferences.
   Netscape 7.0-7.1:
   
   
   
   
   Netscape 7.2:
   
   
   
   Tip: If you experience connection problems when sending mail using SSL in Netscape 7.2, you can try selecting TLS instead.
   
   
7. Select Preferences from Netscape's Edit menu (from the Netscape menu in Macintosh OS X).
8. Click on the triangle next to Mail & Newsgroups and select Send Format. Select how you want Netscape to behave if you try to send HTML-formated mail to someone not listed as being able to receive it. Click OK to exit the preferences.