Microsoft Internet Mail Wizard
Selecting/Editing What Mail and News Program to use
Selecting/Editing the Connection, Idle Time and Proxies to Your ISP
Setting/Editing the Start or Home Page
Reading News
The first time you click on the Mail Icon this setup wizard will probably start. It will ask for the following information....
Name: enter your full name or what ever.
Email Address: your email address.For example: bob@loblolly.net
click on Next
Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop3mailserver For example: your email address is bob@loblolly.net then
your email account is bob and your pop3 mail server is likely to be mail.loblolly.net.
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) smtpservername this is for your outgoing or SMTP server.
NOTE: be sure to use your connecting ISP's SMTP server.. Example: you want to check your Earthlink mail account
but you are connected to the Internet via MindSpring. Use Mindsprings SMTP server not Earthlinks.
click on Next
Email account: enter your login name or mail account name without the @domain.name
For example: if your address was bob@loblolly.net, then your email account name is bob.
Password: enter your account password.
click on Next
When connecting to your POP3 and SMTP servers, you can connect in several ways....
- I use a Lan connection.
- I connect Manually
- I use a Modem to access my, mail. This is the one to check for dialup users.
Uset the following Dial-Up Network connection --
Click on the down arrow to the right of the entry bar and select your ISP connection.
You can click on the Properties button to edit your ISP's dialer settings and configurations using Dialup Networking..
If you don't have an ISP connection - you can create on by clicking on the Add button to make a new connection via Dialup Networking.
Click on Finish.
To Select or edit what mail and/or news program to use:
Click on View then click on Options for the Options Menu.
Now click on the Programs tab... This should give you the Mail and News menu for selecting which mail and news services do you want to use.
Mail: click on the down Arrow to the right of the entry bar and select Internet Mail -- probably the default and only selection.
News: click on the down Arrow to the right of the entry bar and select Internet News -- probably the default and only selection.
Click on OK.
Click on View then Options for the Options menu.
Now click on the Connection tab.
If you want to automaticaly dial your ISP when you click on the Explorer Icon, put a check in the Connect to the Internet as Needed box and select your ISP in the Use the Following Dialup Networking connection by clicking on the down Arrow and clicking on the Neosoft connection.
You can add a conection by clicking on the Add button to use Make a New Connection via Dialup Networking -- or -- you can edit the connection properties by clicking on Properties to edit the Dialup networking connection..
Disconnect if idle 20 minutes ..... Uncheck if not wanted or edit the time..
Perform security check before dialing should be selected..
Proxy Server -- Connect through a proxy server should not be checked for most users.
Click OK
Click on View then Options for the Options menu.
Now click on the Navigation tab and go down to where it has the following:
Address: http://home.microsoft.com or someother web page.. you can put whatever you want here.
History - The History folder contains links to pages you've visited and the number of days to keep pages in the history folder.. 20 days is the default.. NOTE: you may need to click on Clear History if you are getting out of memory/disk space errors.
Click OK
Click on the Mail Icon then either Read Mail or New Messages.
or click on Go then Read Mail.
Click on the Mail Icon then Read Mail do not click on New Messages.
or click on Go then Read Mail to bring up your Internet Mail screen.
Click on Mail then Options and then the Server tab.
Name: enter your full name or whatever you want-- Eat at Joes, Happy New Year, etc.
Organization: enter your company name, leave blank or a message.
Email address: your email address.For example: bob@loblolly.net
Servers:
Outgoing Mail (SMTP) smtpservername this is for your outgoing or SMTP server.
NOTE: be sure to use your connecting ISP's SMTP server.. Example: you want to check your Earthlink mail account
but you are connected to the Internet via MindSpring. Use Mindsprings SMTP server not Earthlinks.Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: pop3mailserver For example: your email address is bob@loblolly.net then
your email account is bob and your pop3 mail server is likely to be mail.loblolly.net.POP3 account: enter your login name or mail account name without the @domain.name
For example: if your address was bob@loblolly.net, then your email account name is bob.Password: enter your account password.
Click OK
Last Updated February 25, 1998