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How do I Setup or add POP mail boxes to Netscape Messenger ?

Setting up Mailbox for e-mailGo into Netscape Messenger
Go into Edit Section
Go down the list until you reach Preferences. Click on this.
Double Click on the Mail & Newsgroups category.
Click on the Identity Sub Category

Identity:

You will be presented with a number of edit boxes.

Your Name:

Enter your Name in this box. This determines what name appears as the sender of your e-mail.

Email Address:

Enter the e-mail address that you wish to send and recieve mail through.

Reply-to address(only needed if different from email address)

Optional section. Leave this blank as it will not affect the set up of your e-mail.

Organization:

This box is also optional. You can either leave it blank or enter the name of your Organisation.

Signature File:

attach my personal card to messages (as a VCard)

Optional section. Leave this blank as it will not affect the set up of your e-mail.

Once this section is set up, proceed to the Mail Servers section by clicking on the Mail Servers Sub Category.

Mail Servers:

The first section is called Incoming Mail Servers.
To add a new mail server, click the Add button at the top of the section.
You will be presented with the Mail Server Properties Window.

Mail Server Properties:

Server Name: enter the incoming mail server address found on your paperwork. (Either mail.swiftinter.net, mail2.swiftinter.net, mail3.swiftinter.net, mail4.swiftinter.net, ,mail5.swiftinter.net, mail6.swiftinter.net, etc, etc.)
Server Type: Select POP3 Server
User Name: Enter your designated user name

Then Click OK. You will now be back at the Mail Servers section.

NOTE: If you have more than one e-mail account set up, be sure to select the one you want to use from the list and set it as the default e-mail account by clicking on the Set as Default button.

The second section is called Outgoing Mail Server.

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: This is the outgoing mail server of your dialup Internet access account.

If you are using a swift dial-up account then enter smtp.swiftserve.net
If you are using any other dialup account then contact your ISP and ask them for your outgoing mail server address.

Outgoing mail server user name: This is the user name of your dialup Internet access account, see below.

If you are using a swiftserve dialup account then the username will have the prefix swi
If you are using an OLM dialup account then the username will have the prefix olm
If you are using any other dialup account then contact your ISP and ask them for your outgoing mail server user name.

Use Secure Socket Layer(SSL) or TLS for outgoing messages: Select Never.

Repeat if you need to setup multiple POP boxes

Once you have finished setting up your POP boxes, click the OK button.


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