Setting up Netscape Mail for the Macintosh

Instructions for Netscape 6.x and Netscape 4.x Mail.

Note: Netscape 4.x browsers are not compliant with Web standards established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) -- http://www.w3c.org - an organization that "develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential." These standards make the Web accessible to everyone. Therefore, we recommend that if you are using Netscape 4.x and older, you switch to a standards compliant version like Netscape 6.x, Mozilla, Opera or Internet Explorer.

Netscape 6.x Mail

Open Netscape 6.x and click on Edit... then Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings

If you want to use the setup wizard to help set up the account, click on New Account.

The Wizard will take you through the appropriate steps to set up your e-mail account. Here is the information you will need:

Mail server user name:
Your user id (ex: abc0000)

SMTP Server (Outgoing):
smtp.wvnet.edu

Mail Server (Incoming):
mail.wvnet.edu

If you wish to edit the settings manually, you may do so from the Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings Window.

If you have any questions of problems, please contact us.

Netscape 4.x Mail

Open Netscape 4.x and click on Edit... then Preferences
Under Mail & Groups choose Identity. Here you put in your account information. Your Name: Your Name Email address: Your e-mail address (ex: abc0000@mail.wvnet.edu) Reply-to address: Can remain blank.
Next, select Mail Server. Enter the following information: Mail server user name: Your user id (ex: abc0000) SMTP Server (Outgoing): smtp.wvnet.edu Mail Server (Incoming): mail.wvnet.edu
If you want Netscape Mail to remember your password, click on More Options.
On the More Mail Server Preferences window put a check next to "Remember my mail password." Click OK. Click OK again and you are finished.
To Compose a message, click New Msg. If you have any questions of problems, please contact us.