Netscape 4.7 Setup

( Note: This software is not supported by our Helpdesk ).

Please see our Important Notice, we recommend that you read it before you proceed.

To setup Netscape Communicator for mail and news follow these steps.

To setup mail click here.
To setup news click here.

[ Creating a New Profile ]

After installing Netscape Communicator double click the Netscape icon or go to Start | Programs | Netscape Communicator | Netscape Navigator.

Netscape now needs some information to set up the profile.

Click Next.

Enter a profile name. This can be anything you wish, your first name or login name etc. Select a directory, or keep the default directory where Netscape is going to store the information.

Click Next.




If you have an older version of Netscape already installed you will see the above screen shot. Choose which ever option suits your needs. The default setting is Move my existing user files to the new profile directory. This is the option that we selected as it saves disk space.

Click Finish.

Netscape Navigator will then open.
Click Edit on the tool bar and then select Preferences.

In this section you set your homepage, the start page that loads each time you start Netscape.

Enter the URL of your favorite start/homepage, for instance http://www.demon.net in the text box provided.

Next, click on the cross to the left of Mail & Newsgroups from the lefthand side menu, this will show a submenu.

Select Identity.

Enter your firstname and lastname, or nickname in the first text box entitled Your name.
Enter your e-mail address in the text box entitled Email address.

See our Names & Password Conventions guide.

Now select Mail Servers from the lefthand menu.




You now have to enter the mail server information.
Click the Add button in the top righthand corner to add a pop3 server.

In the text box marked Server name enter pop3.demon.co.uk
In the drop down box select POP3 Server.
In the User name field enter your Demon hostname.
Check the box to remember your password unless you wish to enter you password each time Netscape checks for mail. If you wish Netscape to check for mail automatically, check the box marked Check for mail every and set the time.

See our Names & Password Conventions guide.

Click Ok.

In the Outgoing mail (smtp) server field enter post.demon.co.uk.
In the Outgoing mail server user name field enter your Demon hostname.
Select a directory where Netscape can store your mail, or leave it as the default setting.

Click Newsgroup Servers from the menu on the lefthand side.

Click the Add button in the top righthand corner to add a news server address.

In the server field enter news.demon.co.uk.
In the port field enter 119, although this is the default and will probably already be there.
Click Ok and Ok again to return to Netscape Navigator.

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IMPORTANT NOTICE
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