Netscape Communicator 4.0x Settings
To get to the Communicator configuration, open Communicator and click on "Edit," then "Preferences..."
Open the "Mail & Groups" branch by clicking on the "+" sign next to
the name. Then click on "Identity" For this window, you
should have the following fields filled out. For the "Your Name"
section, you can enteer anything you like. It is the only field that
you can use capitals. Everything else must be in lower case letters.
In the "Email address" and "Reply-to address" you should enter your ACMENET
email address.
By clicking on the "Mail Server" link you will be presented with this screen.
Make sure your username is spelled correctly and in lower case letters
in the "Mail server user name" field. The "Outgoing mail" server
for ACMENET is mail.acmenet.net And
the "Incoming mail server" is pop.acmenet.net
These are the names for ACMENET's mail servers.
The incoming
mail server is
a POP3 server. POP stands for "Post Office Protocol" it pulls
your mail in to you. The outgoing mail server pushes the mail out
into the Internet. It is a SMTP server, which means "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol."
For this window, enter news.acmenet.net for the "News (NNTP) server". This service will require a Username and Password when
sending and receiving newsgroup postings. Use your dialup username: username@acmenet.net and your password when prompted for.
NNTP is the protocol
used for sending Usenet messages. It means "Network News Transfer Protocol".
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