How to Setup Netscape to Access Dept Email

The Political Science mail system allows for remote access. Email can be retrieved as if you were in Derby Hall, and moreover, unlike the university mail system, all kept mail stays on the server, with the result that the same messages are available regardless of location.

Note that these instructions are for setting up remote access to your dept email only. Please do not use this information to attempt to setup access within the dept; we have organized in-dept access with specific settings to allow easy access from all the computers in the dept. Providing this level of more universal access requires more detailed and complex setup parameters than are necessary for remote access from home or an alternative office computer. Also, you need to have setup your new email password before you access mail. 

1) To ensure that you are using a version which has been tested with the new mail system, please be certain that you are using either the 4.6 or later versions of netscape. Older versions have not been tested and may not work properly with the new system. If you do need to update, it is suggested that you uninstall your current version, reboot, and then install 4.75. Use of the 'update' feature to upgrade your netscape version has caused some problems.

2) If you are creating a new profile, be sure to enter polisci.sbs.ohio-state.edu for both the incoming and outgoing email servers. Also be certain to set the server type to IMAP. From this point onwards, we will presume that you are modifying an existing profile.

3) Start netscape navigator, (you can also start netscape messenger, the email client, instead. If you do, cancel out of the password request, since the settings are not yet correct) and go to Edit on the menu, then Preferences. Then goto Mail & Newsgroups and click on Identity. In the box marked Your Name, enter your name as it should appear to someone to recieves an email from you. In the box marked Email Address, type lastname@polisci.sbs.ohio-state.edu (no capital letters). Next, click on Mail Servers (to be found underneath Identity). Delete the current Incoming email server, and then add a new one. Type in polisci.sbs.ohio-state.edu as the server name. Be certain to set it as IMAP. For user name, type in your last name with no capital letters as we showed you in the dept (if we told you to put something else in here, type that instead. For most users, it's their lastname). You may wish to check the 'Check for Mail every 15 minutes' option. Please do not set it to check too frequently. Next, click on the 'IMAP' tab. Check Mark New Folders for Offline Download. Next, click on the 'Advanced' tab. UNcheck Show only subscribed folders. Click ok. Go down to the section on the outgoing email server. Set the outgoing (SMTP) server to polisci.sbs.ohio-state.edu also. For user name, use the same thing you used for this field in the incoming email server section (lastname no capital letters unless we've told you otherwise). Click OK. Click the 'Get Msg' button on the toolbar, and enter your password. Welcome to remote email!