• Why should you use the IMAP email server?
• Installation & Setup
• New Email Notification
• Additional Help
• How to remove AOL Instant Messanger from Netscape Communicator

Why should you use the IMAP email server?
It's more robust and portable like PINE, and handles graphics and attachments much nicer.  You can log in from work, from home, or on the road, and have access to all of your email.  Furthermore, it has not been exhaustively tested, but if you are at a location that doesn't have graphics terminals, you should be able to use PINE with a telnet session, and it shouldn't disrupt your IMAP setup!
(Please, if anyone tries this, please contact me with any success stories or problems!!!)

Remote PINE?
Did you know that you do not have to telnet to suhep to use pine? It's possible to use pine on another machine and access your mail and folders on the main server. Currently, you can access your folders remotely, but not your inbox. Watch for updates when I make it available. If you are running Linux, I can tell you how to mount your inbox.

Important note: do NOT use the POP3 email protocol while using IMAP.  It will disrupt the way IMAP keeps track of your INBOX.

Installation & Setup:
(If you already have Netscape Communicator installed on your system, skip to step 3)
 

Step 1: Get the latest Netscape Communicator
First, download the latest Netscape Communicator from http://www.netscape.com/download/
 

Step 2: Install Netscape Communicator

Windows
Under the Windows Start menu, select RUN and locate where you saved the netscape_communicator_pro_4.05_win95.exefile.
This should proceed with installing the application.  You should choose the Typical Installation at the default directory if you are unsure.

If it prompts you whether you want to move or copy your settings from a previous version, select move.
 

Linux

 
• cd /tmp
• tar xvf <path_you_saved_file_to>communicator_pro-v405-us.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar
• rm <path_you_saved_file_to>communicator_pro-v405-us.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar
• cd /tmp/communicator-v405.x86-unknown-linux2.0
• ns-install
• (and proceed with installation program)

Identity:
fill in your your Name and email address (username@phy.syr.edu).

Mail Server:
Mail server username: (use your physics unix server login... ex: userone )
Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: smtp-host.syr.edu and use authentication with your SU NETID )
Incoming mail server: phy.syr.edu

Click and select IMAP (not POP3)
Click on More Options
    Local mail directory should be left as the default if you're not sure.
    IMAP server directory: mail
    (In most cases of those using PINE, mail is stored in a directory called "mail",
    this will automatically import all of your PINE folders to Netscape Messenger).

select Check for mail every 15 minutes (do not select if using off campus)
select Remember my mail password (only if this is your personal machine)
    selecting this allows anyone with access to that machine to read and retrieve email.
    If you would rather tighter security, do not select this option and you will be prompted for a password every time you check mail.)
 

Step 4: New Email Notification
If you would like a nice notification of when new email arrives, and to have the system check for email, even when Netscape is closed, see "New Email notification" below.

At this point everything should be setup.  Close all Netscape windows.  You can now start Netscape Messenger, either through the start menu, or you can also start it under the Communicator menu from Netscape Navigator.  You will be prompted for a password, this is the same password you use to get onto the physics server for PINE.  If you selected Remember my mail password, this should be the only time you will need to enter it.
 

Step 5: Cleanup
Be sure to delete the original install program, called netscape_communicator_pro_4.05_win95.exe , otherwise, it will be unnecessarily using up space on your hard drive. If you installed Netscape for Linux, the temporary files in /tmp automatically get removed, and if you followed the steps, you should have removed the tar file that you originally downloaded.

If you had a previous version of Netscape installed on your system, remove it by clicking on Windows 95 Start -> Control Panel -> Add/Remove Programs and select the OLD version of Netscape to remove.

Some versions of Netscape Messenger (the email component of Netscape Communicator) has this program under Netscape Communicator->Utilities->Netscape Mail Notification that displays a green arrow pointing at your inbox in the Component Bar to let you know when you have new mail waiting to be retrieved. The Component Bar is either "docked" at the right-hand end of the bottom of your Communicator window or "undocked" in a small window on your screen. The green arrow will appear when you have new unread mail, and disappear after you've retrieved your new mail.

Click on the green arrow or the inbox icon to open your Messenger window, then click the "Get Msg" button at the top of the window to retrieve your new messages.

If you are running Netscape Communicator on Windows, you will find a program named "nsnotify.exe" or alternatively if you click on the Windows 'Start' button and go through these menu choices:

          Programs
          Netscape Communicator
          Utilities

and select "Netscape Mail Notification". If you run this program, it will put a 'letter' icon at the right-hand end of your Windows task bar. When new mail arrives, it will play a sound to alert you and also display a notification icon. You can click on the icon with your second (right) mouse button to customize how this program notifies you of new mail.

To enable this every time you start your computer, you will need to add a shortcut to your Start Menu Programs.
Click on Start -> Settings -> Taskbar
Click on the Start Menu Programs tab at the top of that window.
Then click the Add button
If you installed netscape in the location it chose for you, type: "C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\nsnotify.exe"
otherwise, you will have to use browse to locate the program nsnotify.exe
 

How to change the sound notification:
Netscape uses the sound settings in Windows 95.
To change those settings, click on Start, then Settings -> Control Panel
Then click on Sounds.
Go down to New Mail Notifcation and select it.
You can change the sound where it says Name: by using the menu scroll arrow to the right of the name.  Otherwise, you can use the browse button to tell it to look somewhere else.

Any custom sound files you use, should be copied to your C:\Windows\Media directory

Here's some email notifcation sounds you may like to use:
"Your electronic messages have arrived" (click with right button to save)
"Master, I have mail for you (I Love Genie)"
"You've got post"
"You've got mail"
"What's this? A letter... for me. (Bugs Bunny)"
"Jetsons Music"
"Proirity one message from starfleet coming in on secure channel (Star Trek)"

Additional help on setting up and using Netscape Messanger

Netscape help on Messanger
(if this help doesn't display, then you installed Netscape somewhere other than the default location,
in this case, select Help->Help Contents, click on About Messenger in the left column, then click on Using Messenger in the window)

Rename the AIM directory under the netscape directory to anything else
(usually at /Program Files/Netscape/Communicator/Program/AIM)

Use /Windows/regedit.exe to delete the following keys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppPAthes\aim.exe ......

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21.............\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\AOL Instant Messanger .......

(or you can do a search for AOL and AIM, but be careful not to delete anything other than these)