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Multiple mail accounts with Netscape Communicator 4.05

These instructions are based on Netscape Communicator 4.05 running under Windows 95/98, but should apply to Windows 3.x and Macintosh versions, including versions 4.0 through 4.07. These instructions do not apply to Unix (Linux) versions of Communicator.

These instructions require that you have Netscape Communicator working with your primary mail account. If you don't, see the regular Netscape Communicator.

In these instructions, we'll set up two mail accounts. For example purposes the secondary e-mail address will be username2@ao.net You should obviously replace every occurance of this below with your actual e-mail addresses.

These steps will create multiple profiles for Communicator which allow you to keep seperate e-mail, newsgroups, bookmarks, and other settings.

1. Click the Start button
2. Move to Programs
3. Move to Netscape Communicator
4. Move to Utilities
5. Click User Profile Manager
6. To add a second profile:
   • Click the New button
   • Click Next
   • Under Full Name enter the real name of the person that will be using the second mail account (for example: John Doe, The Doe Family, Doe Inc., etc.).
   • Under Email Address enter your second e-mail address (ie. username2@ao.net)
   • Click Next
   • Under Profile name enter the username of your second e-mail address (ie. username2)
   • Click Next
   • Leave the first two blanks as-is
   • Under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server, remove what is entered there (the word mail) and enter mail.ao.net
   • Click Next
   • Leave the first blank (Mail server user name) as-is
   • Under Incoming Mail Server, remove what is entered there and enter mail.ao.net
   • Under Mail Server Type, POP3 should be selected
   • Click Next
   • Under News (NNTP) Server, remove what is entered there and enter news.ao.net
   • Port should be 119
   • Secure should not be checked
   • Click Finish

Netscape Communicator will now start, using the new profile. If you get a window asking if you'd like to register Navigator as your default browser, answer yes - this "tells" Windows that Netscape is your favorite browser.

If you want to set Communicator to "remember" your mail password:

• Click Edit from the top
• Click Preferences
• Select Mail & Groups, if there's a + next to it, click the +
• Select the Mail Server sub-category
• Click the More Options button
• Put a checkmark in Remember my mail password

If you have more than two e-mail addresses, you can create additional profiles for each. Exit from Communicator and go through steps 1-6 again.

To switch between profiles, exit from Communicator, start it again, select the appropriate profile from the list, and click the Start Communicator button.

Support questions not answered here? Email support@ao.net or call 407-541-0773 Access Orlando Help/Support Page

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