Editing existing e-mail accounts:

Warning:  if you delete an e-mail account, all the e-mails will be deleted along with it.

To edit an e-mail account, do the following:

On the Toolbar, click Edit and select Preferences from the menu.

Note:  You can do this from the Netscape Navigator or Messenger (Mail).

The Preferences window opens.

Double click the Mail & Newsgroups category to expand it.

Highlight Identity.

To the right you'll see the following:

Your Name  =  This field should contain your name.
Email address  =  This field should contain the e-mail address of the account.

Highlight Mail Servers.

Note the Incoming Mail Servers and Outgoing Mail Server sections.

Highlight your Incoming mail server.
Click the Edit button.

Incoming Mail Server:

The Mail Server Properties window appears.

Below the General tab are three fields:

Server Name  =  The Incoming (POP3) mail server usually follows this format:  mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.

Server Type  =  Select POP3 Server from the drop-down menu.
User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @).

Check Remember password.

Click OK when finished.

We return to the following window:

Outgoing Mail Server:

Outgoing mail (SMTP) server  =  The Outgoing (SMTP) mail server usually follows this format: mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.

Enabling SMTP Authentication:

SMTP authentication helps deter people from spamming, and it is as simple as entering a username and password.

Outgoing Mail Server user name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @).

Note:  The next time you try to send e-mail, Netscape will ask you for your password.

Click OK  when finished.

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