Netscape Configurations

How to Set up Netscape 2.0

• How to Set up Default homepage
  1. Choosing Options/General Preferences.. from menu item
  2. Click Appearance
  3. In Startup and Browser starts with, check Home Page Location
  4. Enter: http://www.caprok.net/
  5. Click OK
• How to Set up e-mail and newsgroups
  1. Choosing Options/Mail and News Preferences.. from menu item
  2. Click Servers tag
     • In Outgoing Mail(SMTP) Server, type: user.caprok.net
     • In Incoming Mail(POP) Server, type: caprok.net
     • In Pop User Name, type: your_userID
     • In News (NNTP) Server, type: news.caprok.net
  3. Click Identity tag
     • In Your Email, type: your_userID@caprok.net
     • In Reply-to Address, type: your_userID@caprok.net
  4. Click Organization tag
     • In General, Check Remembered Mail Password if you want.
  5. Click OK
  6. Mail and News setup is done.
  7. Receive and Send mail: Choosing Window|Netscape Mail or click the little Envelope Icon on the Right bottom bar to open Netscape Mail window.
  8. Read Newsgroup: Choosing Window|Netscape News to open Netscape News window.
• How to Set up Bookmark
  1. Pull down Bookmarks items, you see a list of page titles.
  2. To bring a page to your screen, choose the title of the page.
  3. Add bookmark: Choose Bookmarks|Add Bookmark menu item to add the current page to your bookmark list
  4. Going to bookmark window: Choosing Window|Bookmarks to get in.
  5. Create folder(header): choosing Item|Insert Folder from the Bookmarks window Type Folder name.
  6. Edit Bookmark: drag-and-drop a bookmark into the resulting folder. or Cut, Copy, Paste, delete from Edit menu item in Bookmark Window.
  7. Import Bookmark: In Bookmarks Window, choosing File then Imports, Choosing bookmark file to be imported.

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  How to Set up Netscape 3.0

  • How to Set up Default homepage
    1. Choosing Options/General Preferences.. from menu item
    2. Click Appearance
    3. In Startup and Browser starts with, check Home Page Location
    4. Type http://www.caprok.net/ in
    5. Click OK
  • How to Set up e-mail and news group
    1. Choosing Options/Mail and News Preferences.. from menu item
    2. Click Servers tag
       • In Outgoing Mail(SMTP) Server, type: mail.caprok.net
       • In Incoming Mail(POP) Server, type: mail.caprok.net
       • In Pop User Name, type: your_userID
       • In News (NNTP) Server, type: news.caprok.net
    3. Click Identity tag
       • In Your Email, type: your_userID@caprok.net
       • In Reply-to Address, type: your_userID@caprok.net
    4. Click Organization tag
       • In General, Check Remembered Mail Password if you want.
       • Click OK
    5. Mail and News setup is done.
    6. Receive and Send mail: Choosing Window|Netscape Mail or click little Envelope Icon on the Right bottom bar to open Netscape Mail window.
    7. Read Newsgroup: Choosing Window|Netscape News to open Netscape News window.
  • How to Set up Bookmark
    
    1. Pull down Bookmarks items, you see a list of page titles.
    2. To bring a page to your screen, choose the title of the page.
    3. Add bookmark: Choose Bookmarks|Add Bookmark menu item to add the current page to your bookmark list
    4. Going to bookmark window: Choosing Window|Bookmarks to get in.
    5. Create folder(header): choosing Item|Insert Folder from the Bookmarks window Type Folder name.
    6. Edit Bookmark: drag-and-drop a bookmark into the resulting folder. or Cut, Copy, Paste, delete from Edit menu item in Bookmark Window.
    7. Import Bookmark: In Bookmarks Window, choosing File then Imports, Choosing bookmark file to be imported.

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  How to use your Netscape Navigator to Read Mail:

  1. Reading your email: A new Mail Window allows you to read your email, sort the messages, file them in folders, and mail replies.
  2. New Mail Reading Window: The Mail Window has 3 panes: a mail folder pane, a message list pane, and a message text pane. You can adjust the relative sizes of the panes by dragging the pane dividers. You may want to start by making the mail folder pane a little wider so that you can see the names of the mail folders. The individual columns in each panel can be adjusted. Hold the mouse over the column titles. A corner will activate when you're at the end of a column title. You can drag and drop the corner to re size the columns.
  3. Netscape comes with a sample mail message. Click on the "inbox" folder to see the message. You can use the toolbar button or menu to Get New Mail. You can navigate through your mail messages by clicking on the "Date", "Sender", or "Subject" fields of the message list pane. The buttons and Go Menu also help you navigate.
  4. A bold message in the message list signifies that you have not read this message yet. Once you read it, it becomes normal (i.e. unbold).
  5. Send Now or Send Later - Deferred Mail: Netscape allows you to compose all your email off-line and then send them all at once. When you're in the Message Composition Window, select Deferred Delivery from the Options menu. Deferred mail is stored in the OUTBOX folder. When you exit the Mail Window, you will be asked if you want the messages to be sent. You can also choose "File" | "Send Mail in Outbox" (from the Netscape Mail Window), to send all your deferred Mail.
  6. Organizing your Mail: The Sort Menu allows you to view your list of messages in various ways. You can even thread the messages by subject. The Edit Menu lets you select and delete messages. Deleted messages are put in a mail folder called "trash". You can create other mail folders with the File Menu.
  7. Mail Password: Netscape Mail remembers your mail password. To enable this feature, check the "Remember Mail Password" on the Organization panel of the Mail and News preferences.
  8. New Mail Indicator: There is a mail preference "Check for mail every n minutes" on the Servers panel of the Mail and News preferences. As long as the Navigator is running and the Mail password has been entered or saved, Netscape will check for new mail at the specified frequency. If there is new mail, the mail will not be automatically downloaded; the mail indicator in the lower right corner of the Browser, Mail, and News windows will change appearance. Click the mail indicator to open the Mail window and retrieve new mail.
  9. Find: You can search for text in the headers of mail and news messages using the Find command located on the Edit menu. Find searches the displayed headers of the messages in the current folder, starting with the current message. Use Find Again to continue with the next message.

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  How to use Netscape Navigator for news groups

  1. New News Reading Window: The News Reader was rewritten to provide a more concise view of the news hosts, newsgroups, and articles. It uses the same type of 3-paned window that the Mail reader uses. Your existing newsrc file is compatible with the new news interface.
  2. Reading News Articles: Reading news is very much like reading mail messages. Instead of Getting New Mail, you can click on the newsgroup to bring up the list of articles and see the new ones that have arrived.
  3. Updated Mail and News Composition: A new Mail and News composition window lets you send new messages, and reply to or forward existing messages. Use the Options Menu | Show All Headers command to find fields for carbon copy, blind carbon copy (Bcc:), and file carbon copy (Fcc:) where you can save a copy for yourself.
  4. Link to the Address Book: You can type the names of users or mailing lists into the To:, CC:, and BCC: fields. When you click on a new field with the mouse, or hit tab, the email addresses will be expanded. Double-clicking on an entry in the address book will bring up a new Composition window, addressed to that address.
  5. Multiple Attachments: The Attach button lets you add and delete multiple attachments to your email message, including both local files and URLs.
  6. AppleDouble Attachments: Files sent as attachments from the Macintosh version of the Navigator are sent using AppleDouble encoding, which allows for the preservation of Macintosh file forks. On Windows and Unix versions of Navigator, you have the option of receiving these attachments as either a Macintosh file, which can be saved and transferred for use on a Macintosh, or as a data file which can be used on the receiving platform.
  7. More Options: Look at the Options Menu | Mail and News... | Compose pane for more mail composition options.
  8. Address Book Window: The address book looks and works very much like the bookmarks. You can view the whole address book by going to the Window Menu and choosing Address Book.
  9. Add Users from the Address Book Window's Item Menu, or automatically create an entry from the Message Menu in the Mail or News window.
  10. Do you have lists of people to send mail to? In the Address Book window, mailing lists are represented by the folder icon. Add list entries from the Address Book Window's Item menu, then drag and drop individual users into the list/folders.
  11. You can use these List and User entries in three ways. You can type the nicknames into the mail composition window in the To:, CC:, and BCC: fields. You can also double-click on an icon in the Address Book window to bring up a pre-addressed composition window.

  These instructions were modified from Netscape tutorials available from http://www.netscape.com