Setting Up Netscape 4.61 to read the IMAP Server

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1 Setting Up Netscape 4.61 to read the IMAP Server Section I 1. Open Netscape Communicator Click Edit, Preferences. 3. In the left-hand panel, if there is a plus sign (+) next to Mail and Newsgroups, click on it to make it a minus sign (-). Now select Identity under Mail and Newsgroups. 4. In the right-hand panel, type in your name and address in the first two boxes at the top.

2 5. Again in the left-hand panel click on Mail Servers. 6. Back to the right-hand panel Locate the Outgoing Mail Server section. 7. Type smtp.pitt.edu in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) Server: window. 8. Type your username in the Outgoing mail server user name: window. 9. In the Incoming Mail Servers, section default and click edit.

3 10. Under ServerName type: imap.pitt.edu 11. Under Server Type, make sure it is IMAP Server. If this is not the case, click on the down-arrow to the right of the field and hold down the left mouse button. This should present a pop-up menu of choices. Move the mouse so that the IMAP Server line is selected and release the mouse button. 12. Under User Name, type in your username. 13. At the bottom of this window, select the setting Check for Mail every minutes by clicking the box next to it once. The default for this is every 15 minutes, you can change that if you want. Now click OK. 14. Now select the IMAP tab in the Mail Server Properties dialog box. 15. Select the radio button to the left of Remove it immediately under When I delete a message:. Also, make sure Clean up ( Expunge ) Inbox on exit and Empty Trash on Exit are both selected.

4 16. Now back to the left-hand panel again Click on Copies and Folders. 17. Under When sending a mail message, automatically: make sure Place a copy in folder: sent-mail on imap.pitt.edu is selected. 18. Next, under When sending a mail message, automatically click Choose Folder next to Place a copy in folder If the Place a copy in folder: does not say sent (or sent-mail ) on imap.pitt.edu, and you are a NEW user, follow the instructions in Section II. If the Place a copy in folder: does not say sent (or sent-mail ) on imap.pitt.edu, and you are NOT A NEW USER, follow the instructions in Section III.

5 Section II for new users creating a sent folder 1. After selecting Choose Folder, you should see the following dialog box. 2. When the Choose Folder dialog box (pictured above) comes up, click the radio button next to Other then click New Folder. 3. There will then be a New Folder dialog box that appears type in sent-mail as the new folder name. 4. Click the down arrow to the right of the Create as sub-folder of: and choose Inbox. 5. Click OK until you are back to the main Netscape window. 6. Click Communicator, Messenger, this will bring up a dialog box asking for your password. Type in your password and press enter and you will be into your mail.

6 Section III 1. After selecting Choose Folder, you should see the following dialog box. 2. Click the radio button next to Folder sent on. The field to the right of this should say imap.pitt.edu. If this is not the case, click on the down-arrow to the right of the field and hold down the left mouse button. This should present a pop-up menu of choices. Move the mouse so that imap.pitt.edu is selected and release the mouse button. 3. Click OK until you are back to the main Netscape window. 4. Click Communicator, Messenger, this will bring up a dialog box asking for your password. Type in your password and press enter and you will be into your mail.