Avalon Email Setup Instructions

• Eudora Mail
  
• Internet Mail
  
• Netscape Navigator
  
• Netscape Communicator for Macintosh
  
• Netscape Communicator for Windows 95/98
  
• Outlook/Outlook Express
  
• Outlook Express for Macintosh
  
• OS X ("Oh eS Ten") Mail
  

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  Eudora Mail

  Eudora Light is fairly similar to setup on all platforms. When you open it up, you should have either a Special or Tools option in your menu bar up top. Under that you'll see a Settings... option. When you open this up, you'll see a new window that has a scroll menu on the left and options to change on the right. Click on the first option, Getting Started. Put in your email address (username@avalon.net) in the POP account field and your Real Name in the corresponding field. Scroll down the menu to Sending Mail (and click on the icon). Put pop.avalon.net into the SMTP Server field. If you want Eudora to save your password when you check mail, scroll to the Checking Mail icon and click on the Save Password option. Click on OK.

  You're now configured for email. To check for new messages on our server, go to the File menu and select the Check Mail option. Eudora will then download any mail you have into the Inbox folder. Just double-click on the message to read it. To send email, under the Message menu select New Message. Once you've entered the email address, subject, and the message, just hit the "Send" button to send the email.

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  Internet Mail

  These directions are for the Windows95 version of Internet Mail. When you open up Internet Mail for the first time it will ask you for some information. You will need the following:

  Enter your real name and your email address ( username@avalon.net ). The incoming (POP3) mail server is pop.avalon.net and the outgoing (SMTP) mail server is smtp.avalon.net, and your account name and password are the same as your dialup info. Then select that you connect to email manually. You should be all set to do email.

  Also, many email clients have USEnet capabilities. USEnet, home of "newsgroups" is one of the many services available with the Internet. Before instant messenging most commonly used features of the Internet were WWW, E-Mail, FTP, and USEnet. The USEnet or news (NNTP) server is news.avalon.net.

  If you don't get the aforementioned setup menu, just go to the Mail menu option and select Options... under that. Click on the Server tab. Put in your real name and email address ( username@avalon.net ). The Incoming server is pop.avalon.net, and the outgoing server is smtp.avalon.net. Your POP3 Account and password are the same thing as you use to dialup to Avalon. Click on the Connection tab. Under the Connection box, select "I connect manually". Click on OK.

  To check for new messages, click on the "Send and Receive" button on the main Internet Mail screen. All new messages are placed in your Inbox folder. To switch folders, there should be a bar labeled Folders: that you click on and select which folder you want to view the contents of. To send email, click on the "New Message" button on the main screen. After you've entered the email address, subject and message, click on the little envelope icon under the menu bar to send the email.

   

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  Netscape Navigator

  These instructions cover email setup of Netscape Navigator (not Communicator) for both Macs and PC's. In Netscape, you should have an Options menu. Under that, open up the Mail and News Preferences. Click on the Servers tab. Put in pop.avalon.net for the Incoming Mail server, use smtp.avalon.net for the Outgoing Mail server. Put your username in the POP user ID field. Click on the Identity tab. Put in your real name and email address ( username@avalon.net ). If you want Netscape to save your password, click on the Organization tab and click the Save Password box. Click OK.

  To use email, click on the little envelope in the lower right-hand corner. You'll see 3 window panes. The top left box is the folder window. When you click on a folder, the messages in that folder are shown in the top right box. When you click on a message, it is shown in the bottom box. The size of the boxes can all be adjusted by dragging the separator bars.

  To check for new email, just click the Get Mail button. New mail is placed in your inbox folder. To send mail, just click the To: Mail button. After you have entered an email address, subject, and message, click the Send Now button to send email.

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  Netscape Communicator

  Macintosh Setup

  Open up the User Profile Manager in the Netscape Communicator folder.
  Click on New... to create a new email account.
  Enter your real name and email address ( username@avalon.net )
  Choose your profile folder. The default location for this is usually fine.
  Open Netscape.
  

  You should have the main Netscape window and a second window with four icons in it:

  Navigator, Mailbox, Discussions, and Composer

  Click on Mailbox. If you don't see this little window, go under the Communicator menu (the menu with the Navigator icon, on the left side) and open Messenger mailbox. This should prompt you to finish setting up your server preferences.

  Under the Mail & Groups, Click on Mail Server.

  Put in your Avalon username In the Mail server user name.
  Put in smtp.avalon.net for Outgoing (SMTP) mail server.
  Put in pop.avalon.net for Incoming (POP3) mail server.
  

  If you want Netscape to save your password for checking mail, Click on the More Options... button. Click the box next to "Remember my mail password"

  Click on OK on the Preferences menu.

  
  
  

  Checking Mail

  To check for new mail, click on the Get Msg icon. Under the row of icons there is a little bar that says Inbox. If you click on this bar, you'll see other folders. You use this t o switch between mail folders. When you download new mail, it automatically gets placed in your Inbox folder.

  
  

  Sending Mail

  To send mail, click on the New Msg icon. Put the email address of the person in the To: field. Put in a subject and then type your message. Once you're finished, click on the Sen d icon in the top left to send your email.

  
  

  Adding additional folders

  You can create folders (like your Inbox, Sent Mail, Trash, etc) where you can st ore email. This can be a useful feature so that everything doesn't stay in your Inbox.

  If you want to add or remove folders, under your Communicator menu open the Mes sage Center.

  This will show you the list of current folders. Click on the New Folder icon to create your new folder. Name the folder whatever you like. You can close the Message Center an d return to the Messenger Inbox.

  If you want to move messages around, just switch the folder bar (usually on Inbo x at first) to the folder which contains the message you want moved. Highlight the message, then u nder the Message menu up top, select File Message and then the folder you want the messag e moved to.

  
  

  Using your Address Book

  You can use the Address Book to keep track of email addresses. You just need to remember a nickname for the person and Netscape does the rest. Under the Communicator menu , open up the Address Book.

  Click on New Card. Enter the person's First and Last name. Enter their email a ddress. Enter a nickname that's easy to remember and associate with this person. Click OK to sa ve changes.

  In the Address Book window, you'll now see that person's information listed. If you want to send them an email, you can do this several different ways.

  One way is to send a message like normal, except now in the To: field, just put in the person's nickname instead of their email address. Netscape should automatically replace the nickname with the email address.

  The other way to send email to someone in the Address Book is to open up the Add ress Book, highlight the person's name, then click on the New Msg icon in the Address Book window. This should open up a New Msg window with that person's email already entered.

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  Netscape Communicator

  
  

  Windows95 Setup

  Open up the User Profile Manager. This is found by going to your Start button, Programs, Netscape Communicator, Utilities folder->User Profile Manager.
  Click on New... to create a new email account.
  Enter your real name and email address ( username@avalon.net )
  Choose your profile name and storage path. The defaults for this is usually fine.
  Put smtp.avalon.net in the Outgoing (SMTP) server field.
  Put in your mail server name ( username ) and pop.avalon.net for Incoming server.
  Make sure POP3 is selected.
  Put in news.avalon.net for the news server.
  Open Netscape.
  

  You should have the main Netscape window and a second window with four icons in it:

  Navigator, Mailbox, Discussions, and Composer

  Click on Mailbox. If you don't see this little window, go under the communicator menu and open Messenger mailbox. This should prompt you to finish setting up your server preferences.

  
  

  Checking Mail

  To check for new mail, click on the Get Msg icon. Under the row of icons there is a little bar that says Inbox. If you click on this bar, you'll see other folders. You use this to switch between mail folders. When you download new mail, it automatically gets placed in your Inbox folder.

  
  

  Sending Mail

  To send mail, click on the New Msg icon. Put the email address of the person in the To: field. Put in a subject and then type your message. Once you're finished, click on the Send icon in the top left to send your email.

  
  

  Adding additional folders

  You can create folders (like your Inbox, Sent Mail, Trash, etc) where you can store email. This can be a useful feature so that everything doesn't stay in your Inbox.

  If you want to add or remove folders, under your Communicator menu open the Message Center.

  This will show you the list of current folders. Click on the New Folder icon to create your new folder. Name the folder whatever you like. You can close the Message Center and return to the Messenger Inbox.

  If you want to move messages around, just switch the folder bar (usually on Inbox at first) to the folder which contains the message you want moved. Highlight the message, then under the Message menu up top, select File Message and then the folder you want the message moved to.

  
  

  Using your Address Book

  You can use the Address Book to keep track of email addresses. You just need to remember a nickname for the person and Netscape does the rest. Under the Communicator menu, open up the Address Book.

  Click on New Card. Enter the person's First and Last name. Enter their email address. Enter a nickname that's easy to remember and associate with this person. Click OK to save changes.

  In the Address Book window, you'll now see that person's information listed. If you want to send them an email, you can do this several different ways.

  One way is to send a message like normal, except now in the To: field, just put in the person's nickname instead of their email address. Netscape should automatically replace the nickname with the email address.

  The other way to send email to someone in the Address Book is to open up the Address Book, highlight the person's name, then click on the New Msg icon in the Address Book window. This should open up a New Msg window with that person's email already entered.

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  Outlook/Outlook Express

  This set of instructions is primarily intended for Windows. If opening Outlook Express for the first time, Outlook will automatically present you with the option of creating a new email account, or importing settings from a previous account. Select "Create a New Internet Mail Account." If you don't get this option and instead get the main Outlook Express window, Under the Tools menu select Accounts. Click on the Mail tab. Select Add -> Mail...

  (In some versions of Outlook you need to choose Tools -> Services)

  • Enter your Real Name
  • Enter your email address ( username@avalon.net )
  • Make sure POP3 is selected
  • Use pop.avalon.net for the Incoming Mail server
  • Use smtp.avalon.net for the Outgoing Mail server
  • Put in your username and password. DO NOT select the Secure Password logon option.
  • Enter an account name. This is how you differentiate between multiple accounts.
  • Select "Establish Connection manually..."
    
    

  If you had to open up the Accounts option manually, make sure you set this new account as default. If you add additional email accounts and want to switch between accounts, just highlight the account and click the "Set as Default" button.

Checking Mail

Click on the Send & Receive button. This will ask you for your password and check for new mail. Any new mail is placed in your Inbox. On the left side of the Outlook Express window is your collection of folders. To see the messages in that folder, just click on the folder and all messages are shown in the window frame on the top right. Clicking on a specific message will bring up the message text in the window frame on the bottom right.

Sending Mail

Click on the Compose Message button. Enter the email address, subject, and message body. Once complete, click on the Send icon up top to send the message.

 

Adding additional folders

You can add your own folders to the list of Outlook Express folders (Inbox, Sent Mail, etc). Under the File menu, select Folder then New Folder. Enter the name of your new folder. Click on the Outlook Express icon at the top of the folder list. Click on OK.

To move messages between folders, the easiest way is to first find the email you want to move. Click on the envelope icon next to the message name and drag it over on top of the folder you want to move it to.

 

You can use the Address Book to keep track of email addresses. You just need to remember a nickname for the person and Outlook does the rest.

Click on the Address Book icon on the main Outlook window. Click on the New Contact button. Under the Personal tab, enter the person's first & last name, a nickname, and their email address. The nickname is something easy to associate with this person (ie first name).

To send email to this person you can now do it a couple different ways. You can send a message as normal, except instead of typing the email address in the To: field, just put their nickname. Outlook will automatically replace it as it sends the email.

Another simple way to send email to people in the Address Book is to open up the Address Book, highlight the person's name, the click on the Send Mail icon up above. This will then open up a new message window with the email address entered.

Outlook Express is the email software that comes with most versions of Internet Explorer. This set of instructions is specifically from IE 4.0 but should work for most versions of Outlook Express.

· Choose Edit -> Preferences

· Click on New Account, and enter your email address. Leave the account type set to POP, click OK.

· Fill in Account information: Full name, email address again, and for SMTP Server use smtp.avalon.net

· In the Receiving Mail section:


Account ID: yourusername
POP server: pop.avalon.net
Password: yourpassword


· Click OK


To create multiple accounts, follow these same Outlook Express instructions using the other email address you want to check. To switch between accounts choose Edit -> Preferences and select the account you want or go to Tools -> Send & Receive -> account name.

Checking and Sending Mail

To send mail, click on the Compose Message button. Enter the email address, subject, and message body. Once complete, click on the Send icon up top to send the message.
To check your mail, click on the Send & Receive button. This will ask you for your password and check for new mail. Any new mail is placed in your Inbox. On the left side of the Outlook Express window is your collection of folders. To see the messages in a folder, just click on the folder and all messages are shown in the window frame on the top right. Clicking on a specific message will bring up the message text in the window frame on the bottom right.