Configuring Netscape Communicator's Messenger Application
(version 4.7x) on a Macintosh Computer

Preface

Prerequisites

You also need to understand the basic features of a graphical user interface, including how to use windows, buttons, and dialog boxes. You must also have the following items:

1. An active UNIX e-mail account on the central UNIX mail server (mail.udel.edu). You must know your UDelNet ID and the correct password for your account. If you do not currently have an active UNIX e-mail account, you can activate it on the web from the UD Network page. Your account will be active immediately.
2. A computer connected to the Internet: Either a direct connection using Ethernet or a connection via a modem using the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) application.
3. Netscape Communicator version 4.7x for the Macintosh. The application must already be installed on your Macintosh computer to use these instructions. These instructions do not tell you how to install the application: They explain how to configure the Messenger application to use e-mail.

UNIX Computer Accounts

Activating Your UNIX E-mail Computer Account

Conventions Used In This Document

Introduction

Electronic Communication

Netscape Communicator's Messenger Application

Configuring Netscape Messenger to Work with the University's Central UNIX Mail Server

• For use with IMAP mail on the University's central UNIX mail server (mail.udel.edu), and
• For LDAP Directory Service.

Instructions: Configuring Messenger To Use IMAP Mail

1. Double-click the "Netscape Communicator" icon to open the application. (Or, open the application in your usual way.)
2. From the "Edit" menu, scroll down and select the last option "Preferences". The "Preferences" window appears.

On the left side of the "Preferences" window, you'll see a pane named "Category:" below which is a list of folders. The screen should look similar to the following one:


3. Click on the "Category:" folder named "Mail & Newsgroups".

4. Under the "Mail & Newsgroups" folder, click on the folder named "Identity". The screen should look similar to the following one:



5. Fill in the following information:
   
   • your name
   • your e-mail address
   • your organization

   You must fill in this information or Messenger will not work properly. See the screen print below as an example.



6. Click in the check mark box for "Attach my personal card to messages (as a Vcard)".
7. A window will appear with the following tabs: "Name," "Contact," and "Notes". If it does not, click on the "Edit Card..." button. The screen should look similar to the following one:



8. Fill in the information in the fields on the "Name" tab. (You can also fill in the information on the other tabs if you wish.) See the screen print below as an example.



9. Click "OK".
10. Under the "Mail & Newsgroups" folder, click on the folder named "Mail Servers". The screen should look similar to the following one:



11. Highlight the "mail (default)" entry.
12. Click the "Delete" button.
13. Click "OK" when you see the prompt, "Are you sure you want to remove the mail host mail?".
14. Click the "Add" button. You will see a screen similar to the following one:



15. In the "Server Name:" field, type

mail.udel.edu

16. In the "Server Type:" field, click on the drop-down arrow and select "IMAP".
17. In the "User Name:" field, type your UDelNet ID. Note: Be sure to type only your UDelNet ID--do not add @udel.edu. See the screen print below as an example.



18. Click the "IMAP" tab. The screen should look similar to the following one:



19. Under the heading "When I delete a message:", click the radio button labeled "Mark it as deleted (It will be removed when I select 'Compact This Folder')".
20. Click the check boxes (so a check mark appears in each box) for the following:

"Clean up ('Expunge') Inbox on Quit", and
"Empty Trash on Quit". See the following screen print as an example.



21. Click the "Advanced" tab. The screen should look similar to the following one:

    

    In the "IMAP directory path:" field, type

mail

See the following screen print as an example.



22. Click "OK".
23. You will return to the "Mail Server" window. In the middle of the window, you will see a section with blank fields you need to fill in.

    In the "Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:" field, type

mail.udel.edu

24. In the "Outgoing mail server user name:" field, type your UDelNet ID. Remember, you do not need to add the @udel.edu to the end of your UDelNet ID. See the following screen print as an example.

    

25. Click "OK" to close the "Preferences" settings feature.

Configuring Netscape Messenger To Use The LDAP Directory Service

Instructions: Setting Up LDAP Directory Service For The University Of Delaware

1. From the "Communicator" menu, select "Address Book". The screen should look similar to the following one:



2. From the "File" menu, select "New Directory". The screen should look similar to the following one:



3. Fill in the "LDAP Server Properties" dialog box as shown below:

Description: University of Delaware
LDAP Server: mail.udel.edu
Search Root: o=University of Delaware, st=Delaware, c=US
See the screen print below as an example.



4. Click "OK".
5. Click the close box in the upper-left corner of the "Address Book" window.
6. From the "Edit" menu, select "Preferences...".
7. Under the "Mail & Newsgroups" folder on the left side of the "Preferences" window, click on the folder named "Addressing". The screen should look similar to the following one:



8. Click the check mark box for "Directory server:". The screen should look similar to the following one:



9. Click the drop-down arrow to make sure that the directory for the "University of Delaware" is shown.
10. Click "OK".