PANIX SOFTWARE HELP:

Netscape 6.x for Windows

• Setting up a new account
• Modifying your account
• SMTP Authentication
• Using SSL
• Viewing Full Headers of a Message

Setting Up a New Account

1. If this is the first time you are using Netscape Mail, the New Account Wizard will start automatically when you open the program. If this is not the first time you are using Netscape Mail, go to the "File" menu, select "New", and then "Account".
2. Click the dot next to "ISP or email provider". Click "Next."
3. Type your name in the "Your Name" box, and your Panix email address in the "Email Address" box. Click "Next".
4. Check the circle next to either "POP" or "IMAP," depending on your preference.
   Type mail.panix.com in both the "Incoming Server" and "Outgoing Server" boxes.
5. Type your email address in the "User Name" field.
   Note: If your usual email address is an alias, such as the addresses that come with Panix Cheap Web service, you should put in your panix.com address.
6. In the box labeled "Account Name", type "Panix Email" or whatever you'd like to call this connection; or just leave the default, which will be your email address. (This is just how it will show up in the list of accounts within Netscape; it will not show up in email you send.) Click "Next".
7. Click "Finish".

Modifying an Existing Account

1. Click on the account you want to modify (from the list on the left side of the Netscape Mail window).
2. In Netscape Mail's "Edit" menu, select "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings".
3. In "Account Settings", you can change the name of the account (as it will show up in Netscape's account list), your name, the email address that your mail appears to be from, and whether to send mail in HTML format.
4. In "Server Settings", you can change the incoming mail server, your login name, the incoming mail port, how often the program checks for new mail, and whether or not SSL is being used for incoming mail.
5. In "Outgoing Server (SMTP)", you can change the outgoing mail server and its port, whether to use SMTP Authentication, and SSL options for outgoing mail.
6. Most other settings can be changed according to your taste.

Setting Up SMTP Authentication

SMTP Authentication is used when you're trying to send mail out through Panix's mail servers while connected to a non-Panix network. Click here for a full explanation of when & why this is necessary.

1. Click on the account you want to modify (from the list on the left side of the Netscape Mail window).
2. In Netscape Mail's "Edit" menu, select "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings".
3. In the "account settings" window that opened, click on "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" from the list on the left-hand side.
4. Check the box labeled "Use name and password".
5. Type your email address in the "User Name" field.
   Note: If your usual email address is an alias, such as the addresses that come with Panix Cheap Web service, you should put in your panix.com address.
6. Click "OK".

Setting Up SSL

SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a protocol for secure transmission across the Internet. Many mail clients support email transfers (both retrieval and sending) over an SSL connection.

1. Click on the account you want to modify (from the list on the left side of the Netscape Mail window).
2. In Netscape Mail's "Edit" menu, select "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings".
3. In the "account settings" window that opened, click on "Server Settings" from the list on the left-hand side.
4. To turn on SSL for incoming mail, click the check box marked "Use secure connection (SSL)".
5. To turn on SSL for outgoing mail, click on "Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the list on the left side of the window, and then click the dot next to "When available".
6. Click "OK".

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