How to Set Up Navigator Gold to read E-mail

Navigator Gold provides an E-mail client to manage your E-mail messages. To set up Navigator Gold to access your GatorLink E-mail services, follow these instructions:

Start Netscape's Navigator Gold.

Inside the main window, select the Options pull-down menu and Mail and News Preferences. This will display the Options window.

Select the Options pull-down menu and the option, Mail and News Preferences...

In the Preferences window, select the Servers tab.

Type the smtp server in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: field:

For GatorLink, type: smtp.ufl.edu
For Grove, type: grove.ufl.edu
For NERSP, type: smtp.nerdc.ufl.edu

Type the pop server into the Incoming Mail (POP3) Server: field:

For GatorLink, type: pop.ufl.edu
For Grove, type: grove.ufl.edu
For NERSP, type: pop.nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu

Type your username into the POP3 User Name: field. This is the name in front of the @ in your Internet Email address.

The option, Messages are copied from the server to the local disk, then:, you have two choices:

We strongly suggest using the setting, Removed from the server if you read your E-mail messages from the same computer all of the time.

This will remove all of your E-mail messages from the GatorLink mail server and download them to the computer you are using. This will prevent messages from accumulating on the mail server.

If you access your mail from different locations most of the time, we suggest the option, Left on the server. With this option, Navigator will:

save a copy your E-mail messages on the hard drive of the computer you are using.

leave the original E-mail messages on the GatorLink mail server.

This configuration gives you the ability to view your messages again from other locations without loosing the original message. However, here are a few things you must be aware of:

Navigator Gold stores a copy of every message you send and receive on the hard drive of the computer you are using. If you are using a computer that is not your own, remember to delete your E-mail messages before leaving the computer.

Navigator Gold keeps track of whether or not a message has been downloaded and will not retrieve a previously downloaded message using the Left on the server setting. To retrieve previously downloaded messages from the mail server, you must change this setting back to Removed from the server.

Type usenet.nerdc.ufl.edu into the News (NNTP) Server: field.

Select the Identity tab.

Type your full name (as you would want it to be seen) into the Your Name: field.

In the Your Email: field, type your E-mail address:

For GatorLink, type: yourusername@ufl.edu
For Grove, type: yourusername@grove.ufl.edu
For NERSP, type: yourusername@nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu

Leave the Reply-to Address: field blank unless you want your E-mail delievered elsewhere.

The Your Organization: field is optional.

(optional) The Signature File: is a text file that can be added onto the end of your E-mail messages. This is useful for people who want to add information on the end of their messages regularly.

If you want more versatility in managing your E-mail messages or check your E-mail from various locations most of the time, look into using IMAP E-mail clients such as Netscape's Communicator, Paladin Email, and PC-Pine.