Netscape Navigator from Netscape communications is basically a Web browser. It also includes an e-mail client . The software gets installed as default browser for MacOS 8. With MacOS 8.1 it is Internet Explorer and you have to install Netscape Navigator separately. Netscape has released newer versions called Communicator. You can download it from the Netscape site. It is also available on lots of CD ROMs that are included with magazines. Here we are focusing on Navigator. If you are upgrading from Navigator, your preferences will automatically be read into the newer versions. In effect even this guide is sufficient for the upgaders. As the number of Communicator users is very less as of now we will wait till such time and update this site accordingly.

Netscape Navigator did not properly respond to Internet Config. You can always try it once. If it works great, its nice and you will not have to bother yourself. If it does not work properly then do these settings as explained below.

Communicator is completely compatible with Internet config, so take the benefit.

1. Open Netscape Navigator by double clicking on its icon. It should be present in your Internet Applications folder inside Internet folder on your hard disk. An alias could also be there depending that you have not removed it.

2. From the Edit menu go to the preference and go to the Servers tab. Here fill in the SMTP server and the POP server address like bom1.vsnl.net.in. Next fill in your login name (Username) in the POP userID like abcd.

3. The Identity tab as you guessed is to set your personal identity. You have to fill in your name, e-mail address which is like abcd@bom1.vsnl.net.in and your organization name.

4. When you receive mail by clicking on the Get Mail button or on the Icon (it looks like an envelop) at the bottom left corner of the window you will get a dialogue box asking you to enter your password. You type in the pass word and Navigator will connect to the VSNL mail server and download the mails. Every time you receive mail after launching Navigator you will be prompted for the password. You can by pass this by going to the preferences and clicking on the Remember my password check button. See this image.

That is all that is required to do in Netscape Navigator. You can set other preferences according to your own needs.

Here are some tips that you could use.

1. When writing mail, in the message body if you type any web address like http://www. apple.com, you will create a hyperlink in the message. The receiver can then click on the link to go to the designated site. Also you can use mailto:person@company.com to create hyperlink for mailing.

2. The messages that you receive, you can click and hold down the mouse to add the sender to your address book.

3. To send an attachment ( a file which you had previously created using some other application) click on the Attach button on the write mail window. It is a good way of sending small graphics or photographs and also documents or worksheets.

Experiment with Navigator e-mail and you will discover a lot of new things. It is very stable.

Click here to check the setup of other E-mail clients