Configure Netscape Browser, Email, and News

  1. Double-click the 'Netscape Communicator' icon on your desktop.
  2. If prompted to create a new profile, click on 'Next'. If not go on to #3

*       Type your name and your ECPI email address (username@ecpi.com) into the appropriate fields and click on 'Next'.

*       Click 'Next' on the profile name screen.

*       Enter mail.ecpi.com for 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server' and click on 'Next'.

*       Enter your ECPI.com username for 'Mail server username'
Enter mail.ecpi.com for 'Incoming Mail Server'
Make sure 'POP3' is selected for 'Mail Server type'
Click on 'Finish'

    

  1. Select 'Edit' | 'Preferences' from the Navigator menu.

If the wizard appeared above, much of the following information will already be entered.

  1. Select 'Navigation' from the list on the left. Under, 'Navigator starts with', select 'Home Page'. Enter the address of the page you wish to load every time you open your web browser. For ecpi type "http://www.ecpi.com"
  2. Double-click 'Mail & Newsgroups' from the list on the left, and then click on 'Identity'. Type your name and your ECPI.com email address (username@ecpi.com) into the appropriate fields.
  3. Click on 'Mail Servers' in the list on the left.

*       If mail.ecpi.com appears under 'Incoming Mail Servers', click on it to select it, and click on 'Edit'.

If any other entry appears under 'Incoming Mail Servers', click on it to select it, and then click on 'Delete' to remove it. Then click on 'Add'.

*       Under 'Server Type', select 'POP3'.

*       For 'Server Name', type mail.ecpi.com.

*       Enter your ecpi.com username.

*       You may select 'Remember password' so you will not be prompted for your password each time you check your mail.

       Click on 'OK'.

  1. For 'Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:', type mail.ecpi.com
  2. Make sure that 'Outgoing mail server user name' is blank.
  3. Click 'OK' to close the setup screen.

After the installation, you will have a Netscape Communicator icon on your desktop. Double click on this icon once you have gone through the steps of Connecting to ECPI. To send or receive e-mail go to Communicator then Messenger. To send or receive news articles go to Communicator then Newsgroups.