One of the major conveniences of the Internet is the ability to instanly send E-mail around the world to anyone that has a valid email address.  An email address consists of two main parts, an account name and a domain name seperated by an '@' sign.  An example of this would be: manager@netpath.net, with 'manager' being the account name and 'netpath.net' being the domain name.

This part of the tutorial will focus on setting up different email programs, such as Eudora, Outlook Express and Netscape Mail.  The Netpath EZ-Internet CD should configure your email program for you if it is already installed before you run our setup.  If it does not configure properly, these instruction will help in configuring most email programs.  You should already be able to dial in to Netpath and make a successful connection.  If this is not the case, do not continue with these instructions until you are able to successfully login.

Basically there are only three (3) things required by an email program to function with our server: your login name and password, your email address and the name of our mail server.  Below are sample setup screens from a couple of the most common email programs.  Your program's options may differ slightly from the actual image shown, but the information requested should be the same. 

For the Eudora email programs, the setup options are under the Tools menu option.  Then select Options.  The screen images above should appear.  Click on Personal Information in the Category column and enter your POP account information.  This will be your login name followed by '@pop3.netpath.net' (Ex. manager@pop3.netpath.net).
Eudora Pro Ver. 2.2 Screen Shot

Next enter your Real Name or the name that you would like to appear on your outgoing mail.  The final entry on this screen will be your  Return address.  This is an optional field and is only required if the return address is different than your email address.  If you are only using your Netpath mail account, they will always be the same.  Now click on the Host tab in the Category column.  The POP account information should already be in the box.  Enter your SMTP server address as 'smtp.netpath.net'.  Notice that the information above says 'server1.netpath.net'.  This is an alternate way to name your SMTP server, however we recommend that you use smtp.netpath.net' instead.

There are many other user options that can be set to make an email program function to a specific users needs. For descriptions of these options, refer to the User's Guide that came with your software or contact the program vendor.

Microsoft's Outlook Express is the mail program that comes built in to Internet Explorer 4.0.  To setup the email options, look under the Tools menu option and select Accounts from the available list.  Click the 'Mail' tab to get in to the mail settings.  If there are already mail accounts setup for other services or for acccounts that you may no longer use, you should remove them by highlighting the one to be removed and pressing the Remove button.  If you already have a mail account setup that says 'Netpath' or 'mail.netpath.net', you can leave it and check the 'Properties' to make sure it reflects the same server information as is needed in the 'Add' section. 
Outlook Express - Properties Screens

To 'Add' a new Mail account, click the Add button and select 'Mail' from the options.  The first infromation requested is your Real Name or the name that you would like to appear on your outgoing mail.  Next you will be asked for your email address.  Type in your email address in all lower case letters, exactly as it was given to you on your login information printout from Netpath.  The next screen will say 'My incoming mail server is a' - Select POP3 from the drop down list.  Now enter pop3.netpath.net in the Incoming and smtp.netpath.net in the Outgoing mail server name fields.  The last information that will be asked for is your login name and login password.

Click the 'Log on Using' button and type your Netpath login name and login password in the requested fields.  Now you can choose a name for the Mail Account.  Just click 'Next' to keep the name that was assigned by the email program or type a new name in the field.  This name can be anything that you want it to be, however we recommend that you pick something descriptive, like Netpath Mail.  Now it will ask you what type of Internet connection that you have.  Choose 'Connect Using My Phone Lines' and click 'Next'.  Now choose your modem from the drop down list (it may be the only choice available) and press 'Next'.  Now select the dialer (Ex. Netpath or Netpath, Inc.) from the available list and click 'Next'.  Now click 'Finish' to complete the account.

The last email program that will be covered is Netscape Mail.  You can access the setup option from either the browser or mail program.  To get to the Mail setup options, look under the Edit menu option and choose Perferences.  Then click on Mail and Groups option.  If there is a plus (+) sign beside Mail and Groups, click on the plus sign to expand the menu list. 
Netscape Mail w/ Communicator 4.06  -  Preferences
Now choose 'Identity' from the sub-list.  The first field asks for your Real Name or the name that you would like to appear on your outgoing mail.  The second field asks for your email address.  Type in your email address in all lower case letters, exactly as it was given to you on your login information printout from Netpath. Now choose 'Mail Server' from the sub-list under Mail and Groups. Enter your Netpath login name where it asks for the 'Mail server user name' and enter 'smtp.netpath.net' for the Outgoing (SMTP) and enter 'pop3.netapth.net' for the Incoming mail server.   In the next section, select POP3 as the Mail Server Type and make sure there is not a check in the box beside 'Leave messages on server after retrieval'.  Now click OK to save the changes.  Your Netscape Mail program should now be set up.

Additional Notes for Setting up Netscape 4.5:
To get to the mail settings: Edit-> Preferences-> Mail & Groups-> Mail Servers

To select the POP mail there are three buttons (Add / Remove / Edit). Click on the mail server name then click on Edit to change the POP name or to select the save password option.

The outgoing mail server is on the main screen normally: Warning - there is also an option for Outgoing user name which MUST be blank and Use SSL should be set to NEVER.