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Online Colorado
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR
4.0x SETUP INFORMATION
ASSUMPTIONS
It is assumed that you have connected
to Online Colorado, and have installed the full version of Netscape
Communicator 4.01 before attempting to perform the setup.
If you need to download
Netscape Communicator, click here.
Step 1: Configuring Netscape Messenger
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Open Netscape Messenger from the
Start menu by clicking on Start – Programs – Netscape
Communicator, Click on Edit then select Preferences,. The
following screen will appear as shown in figure 1.
Figure 1
2) Click on "Identity" within
the "Mail & Groups", this is used to setup the information to correctly
identify yourself in out going Email messages. The only essential details
needed in this section are "Your name" and "Email address", as shown in
figure 1 above.
Figure 2
3) The Mail server section
is used to setup the server from which your mail will be sent to and received
from.
The Mail server username is
the same as your Online Colorado User-ID.
The "Mail server type" should be set
to POP3. See Figure 2.
Figure 3
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For use of Netscape Messenger News reader
the "Group server" section must be set to news.onlinecol.com and Port:
119 as per Figure 3.
When using newsgroups, you will be prompted for a user name, and password.
To access most groups, type onlinec (in small case) for the user
name, and zippo (again in small case) for the password.
*note for full access to all groups (which some may
find offensive),
you must be over 18 years old, and call in for an
additional password.
Step 2. Proxies and Online Colorado
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Proxies must be set to Direct
connection to the internet as per figure 4 below.
Figure 4
Once all the above settings are done
simply click on OK.
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to Online Colorado Support
If
you experience problems accessing the Internet through
Online Colorado,
we encourage you to please let us know.
Our
service technicians will work with you to help you resolve
the problem(s) as
quickly and efficiently as possible.
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