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Configuring Netscape 7.2 Messenger for use with UnivMail

Open Netscape Mail & NewsGroups. Click Edit on the Menu Bar. Click Mail & NewsGroup Account Settings. Click on Add Account. Select Email Account and click on Next.

Enter your name and emailed. Click on Next.

Select IMAP for type of incoming server and enter univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca for the incoming server. (If MUSS enter muss.cis.mcmaster.ca.) Click on Next.

Enter your emailid for incoming user name. Click on Next.

Click on Next.

Click on Finish.

Click on Ok.

Click on the arrow beside the account you just created; Emailid@mcmaster.ca in the top left column. Click on Server Settings. Check Use Secure Connection SSL.

Click on Advanced. Select the IMAP tab. UncheckShow only subscribed folders. Click on Ok.

Click on Outgoing Server (SMTP). Change the Port Number from 25 to 26.

Select TLS for Use secure connection. Click on OK.

Technology Services does not recommend saving/remembering your password for security reasons.

Deleting Messages

Deleting MessagesThe default setting for deleting messages on an IMAP server is to "mark" them for deletion. The icon will have a red "X" on it and the message header will have a line through it ("strikethrough"). This means the messages are still in your account on the server, taking up disk space, and will not be removed from the server until you "purge" them. When you are certain you don't want the marked messages anymore, purge them from the server by selecting Compact Folder from the File menu. Purged messages cannot be retrieved. NOTE:

Unwanted messages should be deleted and purged from folders to reduce disk space. The default setting for deleting messages on an IMAP server is to "mark" them for deletion. The icon will have a red "X" on it and the message header will have a line through it ("strikethrough"). This means the messages are still in your account on the server, taking up disk space, and will not be removed from the server until you "purge" them. When you are certain you don't want the marked messages anymore, purge them from the server by selecting Compact Folder from the File menu. Purged messages cannot be retrieved.