Mail and News Information

When working with Netscape Mail and Netscape News at the school, I recommend that you always have a diskette with you. On the diskette you should have the following:

A text file named sign.txt that contains the signature file for all your messages.
A directory named Mail
A directory named News

Setting up for Netscape Mail (Messenger)

From Netscape Navigator (the Web browser), select the Edit menu
From the Edit menu select Preferences
From the Preferences window, select the Mail & Groups category
From the Mail & Groups category, select Identity
- Fill in your full name in the Your Name text box
- Fill in your full e-mail address in the Email Address text box
- The other text boxes are optional. If you have a signature file on a floppy disk, then you can specify it in the Signature File text box - be sure to include a:\ and then the name of the file. If you are connecting to Netscape from home, then you may use the c:\ drive instead of the a:\ drive.
From the Mail & Groups category, select Mail Servers
- Fill in your solix account name in the Mail Server User Name text box.
- Fill in smtp.fiu.edu in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server text box.
- For the Incoming Mail Server, there are two choices: POP and IMAP.
  - How to set up POP
    - Fill in mailhost.fiu.edu in the Incoming Mail Server text box
    - Under Mail Server Type check the POP radio button.
    - Click the More Options button
    - Fill in A:\Mail for the Local Mail Directory. Do this only if you have a diskette with you and you have already created a directory named Mail on the diskette, otherwise, don't change this box. By having a diskette with you, you can remove messages from you e-mail account on solix, and save them on your diskette.
    - Click OK.
  - How to set up IMAP
    - Fill in imap.fiu.edu in the Incoming Mail Server text box.
    - Under Mail Server Type check the IMAP radio button.
    - Click the More Options button
    - Fill in A:\Mail for the Local Mail Directory. Do this only if you have a diskette with you and you have already created a directory named Mail on the diskette, otherwise, don't change this box. By having a diskette with you, you can remove messages from you e-mail account on solix, and save them on your diskette.
    - Fill in inbox in the IMAP Server Directory text box.
    - Click OK.
Click OK.

Now you have set up Netscape Mail. To start the Mail program:

From the Communicator Menu select Messenger Mailbox
When you are prompted for a password, enter your solix password
If it takes a long time before you are asked for you password, then click the stop button, and then click the Get Messages button. Sometimes the mail program gets stuck.
If you can't connect, then you have probably done something wrong. Recheck all the steps.

Setting up for Netscape News (Collabra)

From Netscape Navigator (the Web browser), select the Edit menu
From the Edit menu select Preferences
From the Preferences window, select the Mail & Groups category
From the Mail & Groups category, select Identity
- Fill in your full name in the Your Name text box
- Fill in your full e-mail address in the Email Address text box
- The other text boxes are optional. If you have a signature file on a floppy disk, then you can specify it in the Signature File text box - be sure to include a:\ and then the name of the file. If you are connecting to Netscape from home, then you may use the c:\ drive instead of the a:\ drive.
From the Mail & Groups category, select Mail Servers
- Fill in your solix account name in the Mail Server User Name text box.
- Fill in smtp.fiu.edu in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server text box.
- Fill in imap.fiu.edu in the Incoming Mail Server text box.
- For the Incoming Mail Server, there are two choices: POP and IMAP.
  - How to set up POP
    - Fill in mailhost.fiu.edu in the Incoming Mail Server text box
    - Under Mail Server Type check the POP radio button.
    - Click the More Options button
    - Fill in A:\Mail for the Local Mail Directory. Do this only if you have a diskette with you and you have already created a directory named Mail on the diskette, otherwise, don't change this box. By having a diskette with you, you can remove messages from you e-mail account on solix, and save them on your diskette.
    - Click OK.
  - How to set up IMAP
    - Fill in imap.fiu.edu in the Incoming Mail Server text box.
    - Under Mail Server Type check the IMAP radio button.
    - Click the More Options button
    - Fill in A:\Mail for the Local Mail Directory. Do this only if you have a diskette with you and you have already created a directory named Mail on the diskette, otherwise, don't change this box. By having a diskette with you, you can remove messages from you e-mail account on solix, and save them on your diskette.
    - Fill in inbox in the IMAP Server Directory text box.
    - Click OK.
From the Mail & Groups category, select Groups Server
- Fill in usenet.fiu.edu in the Discussion Groups (news) Server text box
- Fill in 119 in the Port text box
- Be sure that the Security check bos is unchecked
- Fill in A:\News for the Discussion Groups (news) Folder text box. Do this only if you have a diskette with you and you have already created a directory named News on the diskette, otherwise, don't change this box. By having a diskette with you, you can save your list of subscribed groups and messages that have been read.
Click OK.

Now you have set up Netscape News. To start the news reader:

From the Communicator menu, select Collabra Discussion Groups
From the list, right-click on usenet.fiu.edu
- Look through the list, and subscribe to any list that you like. Subscribe by clicking the grey dot next to the name of the group. Unsubscribe by clicking the green check mark next to the name of the group.
- After you have subscribed to at least one list, click OK.
Click the + sign next to newshost.fiu.edu, and you will see the list of groups that you just subscribed to. Double-click any of these groups and you will be in the group, able to read and post messages.