Configuring Your Client Pc; Setting Up An E-Mail Account - 3Com 3C19504 Getting Started Manual

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Setting up an E-mail Account

You can use either Outlook Express or Netscape Messenger
to set up an e-mail account on your client PC.
Using Outlook Express
To set up an e-mail account in Outlook Express:
Select Accounts from the Tools menu.
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Click on the Add button and choose Mail...
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Enter your name in the field provided. This should be
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your full name, as you would like it to appear on outgo-
ing e-mail messages. Click Next.
Enter your e-mail address in the following format:
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<username_on_IS>@<domain_name_of_ISP>
Next.
Choose whether to use POP3 or IMAP, and select the
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appropriate option.
With POP3, e-mail messages are downloaded onto
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your client PC and removed from the Internet Server.
With IMAP, e-mail messages remain on the Internet
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Server. They are deleted from the Internet Server
when you delete them on your client PC.
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Enter the hostname or IP address of the Internet Server
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as both the incoming and outgoing mail servers.
Enter your Internet Server username and password in the
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Account Name and Password fields. Then click Finish to
return to the previous screen.
Click Properties.
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In the Mail Account field, enter a name for this mail
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account. For example,
Click OK, then click Close. Your e-mail account is now
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ready to use.
Using Netscape Messenger
To set up an e-mail account in Netscape Messenger:
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Select Preferences... from the Edit menu.
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Expand the Mail & Newsgroups menu, and select Iden-
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tity.
Enter Your name in the field provided. This should be
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your full name, as you would like it to appear on outgo-
ing e-mail messages.
Enter your Email address in the following format:
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<username_on_IS>@<domain_name_of_ISP>
Select Mail Servers from the Mail & Newsgroups menu.
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