Netscape Messenger Configuration

If you choose to use Netscape Messenger instead of the provided Outlook Express mail program, you will have to configure it manually to start using your e-mail account. The following instructions will guide you through the mail settings required.

1. If you are not in Netscape Messenger, open it up.
2. Click on the Edit menu and then click on Preferences...
   
3. The preferences widow contains two parts, on the left hand side, you will see a menu, click on Mail Servers. When you do so, you will see the following screen
   
4. In the Outgoing Mail Server section, type smtp.iprimus.com
   1. If you are using Nescape Messenger 4.0x type in yourusername@ smtp.iprimus.com .
5. If you already have an entry (you should see "mail" by default) edit it, if the Incoming Mail Servers window is blank, add an entry.
6. In both cases, you will see the following window: In the Server Name Box, type in pop.iprimus.com
   
7. Make sure that "POP3 Server" is selected in the Server Type: box.
8. Type your complete email address in the User Name box. For Example: "foo@iprimus.com" .
9. Click on OK to close that window.
10. Click on OK to close the Preferences window.

Troubleshooting your email connection for older Netscape versions

If you get en error message stating that you are using an invalid username or POP account, replace the contents of the above User Name box with the numerical part of your activation code (The first set of digits). For example if your activation code is 1012293laks29lks-ksa , you would use 1012293 for a User Name.