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How to Check your Netscape 3.0 Mail and News Preferences

  1. To begin checking your mail and news settings double-click on the Netscape Navigator icon located on your desktop.
  2. Single-click on Options across the top of the page.
  3. Go down to Mail and News Preferences and single-click on it.
  4. Single-click on the Servers tab.
  5. Under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server type mail.pacbell.net
  6. Under Incoming mail (POP3) server type postoffice.pacbell.net
  7. Under POP3 User Name type in your Pacbell email address substituting a "%" for the "@".
    Example: username%pacbell.net
  8. Leave Mail Directory set to default.
  9. Set Maximum message size to None.
  10. Set Messages are copied from the server to the local disk, then: to Removed from the server.
  11. If you would like Netscape to check for your mail automatically, you can place a dot in Check for mail every, then type how often you want it to check in minutes.
  12. Under News (NNTP) server type in news.sf.sbcglobal.net or news.la.sbcglobal.net
  13. Leave News RC Directory set to default.
  14. Set Get blank Messages at a Time to 100.
  15. Single-click on the Identity tab.
  16. Under Your Name type your full name.
  17. Under Your Email type your e-mail address with Pacbell.
  18. Leave Reply to Address blank.
  19. Under Organization type in Pacific Bell Internet Services.

  20. Note: This is optional, you can leave Organization blank if you wish.
  21. Leave Signature File blank.
  22. Single-click on the Organization tab.
  23. If you would like Netscape to remember your mail password place a check in Remember Mail Password.
  24. Congratulations! Your mail and news settings are correct.


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