Configuring Outlook Express for Use with Mac OS 8.5

This document will assist you with the configuration of Outlook Express as supplied with Mac OS 8.5. This configuration has been tested successfully with our service. If you have any difficulties with Outlook Express, please contact Apple for assistance, as Pacific Bell Internet technical support is limited to the software we distribute. Thank you for choosing Pacific Bell Internet.

1. To view, send and receive mail, open the "Mail" icon on your desktop.

   

2. The first time you open Outlook Express you will be presented with a prompt asking if you would like to import message and contacts from other applications. Press "No".

   

3. You will be presented with a screen welcoming you to Outlook Express. Press "OK".

   

4. Select "Accounts", then "E-mail" from the dropdown list to the left. Use the Pacific Bell Internet network settings listed below to make sure that the shown E-mail Preferences are correct for your account.

   Full Name: Your name

   E-mail address: UserID@pacbell.net (for example, jsmith@pacbell.net)

   Organization: Pacific Bell Internet

   SMTP server: mail.pacbell.net

   Account ID: Your UserID (for example, jsmith)

   POP Server: postoffice.pacbell.net

   Password: Enter your e-mail password and put a checkmark in the box to the left to save it. Leave checkmark off if you wish to enter your password each time you check your mail.

   Account name: postoffice.pacbell.net

   News (NNTP) Server:

   news.sf.sbcglobal.net
   news.la.sbcglobal.net

   

5. Select "News". Type in "news.sf.sbcglobal.net" or "news.la.sbcglobal.net" for both your "Server name" and "Server address".

   

6. Select "Network", then "Protocol Helpers". Select "https" from the "Protocol" column and press "Change".

   

7. Press "Choose Helper".

   

8. Locate Netscape Navigator on your hard drive. If the MacOS 8.5 installer installed it, it will be located along the following path (assuming your hard drive is named "Macintosh HD"):

   Macintosh HD | Internet | Internet Applications | Netscape Navigator Folder

   

Note: If you did not install the Netscape Navigator software during your installation of MacOS 8.5, you will need to install it from the MacOS 8.5 CD.

If you need to modify these settings at a later time, you can get to this Preferences window by selecting "Preferences..." from the Edit menu.

Pacific Bell Internet supplies technical support for the software we distribute. We are unable to offer technical support beyond these instructions. Please contact the source of your software in the event you have any difficulties.

Additional Support Sources

Apple: http://www.apple.com/support/ or 1-800-500-7078

Microsoft: http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp

Netscape: http://help.netscape.com

Pacific Bell Internet Help: http://dialup.pacbell.net/help.html

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