Netscape Navigator Configuration
Choose your version:
[ Netscape Navigator v3.0 |
Netscape Personal Edition ]
Netscape Navigator has its own Setup program which does most of the work for you. The
site-specific configuration items are all in the Options menu, as follows.
General Preferences
On the Appearance tab, you can set an alternate home page to the default http://home.netscape.com
if you wish. You might want to use Datasync's home page, http://www.datasync.com. If you
have your own home page with favorite links stored on your computer, you can put the path
to it here, either by itself like C:\HOMEPAGE.HTM or using the file URL
notation, like file:///C:\HOMEPAGE.HTM. Of course, if you've uploaded a home page
to Datasync, that URL works too.
On the Apps tab, you can specify a telnet program, if you have one, for use in
navigating telnet URLs.
The Helpers tab is where you can configure in viewers for file types not
directly supported by the browser.
Mail and News Preferences
The Servers tab is very important if you want to use Netscape Mail and/or
Netscape News. Important settings are:
- Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server: smtp.datasync.com
- Incoming Mail (POP) Server: pop.datasync.com
- POP3 User Name: Your login ID in all lower case and no capital P in front. Put
just your login ID, not your whole e-mail address. If you put your whole e-mail address
here, you will be able to send and receive mail, but replies to mail you send will not get
back to you!
- You want to Remove from the Server mail messages after they're copied to the local disk.
- Select Check for Mail Never to be able to compose and read mail offline.
- News (NNTP) Server: news.datasync.com
On the Identity tab, at least be sure Your Email is filled in with
your login ID followed by @datasync.com. Again, use all lower case and do not put a
capital P in front of the login ID.
On the Organization tab is where you'll find the Remember Mail Password
checkbox. This can be very handy.
Network Preferences
The default settings work fine in most cases. The Cache tab allows adjustment
of the disk and memory caches, where recently accessed pages are stored for rapid
retrieval. Depending on the RAM and hard drive space you have available you may want to
adjust these up or down.
The Proxies tab is where you can configure Netscape to use Datasync's proxy
server. This is optional but can result in speedier retrieval of frequently-accessed
documents. See the Datasync Proxy Configuration
document for more information.
The Languages tab allows you to enable or disable Java and Javascript. If you
are more concerned about privacy and security than whiz-bang animation and crawling text,
you might want to turn these off.
Security Preferences
No modification necessary in most cases. If you get tired of the alerts popping up
every time you submit a form or access a secure site, you may turn them off here on the General
tab.
Note: These instructions were written for Netscape Personal Edition (16 bit) version
1.2; later versions may vary. If you are using Netscape on a Win95 machine you need to
configure the win95 dialup networking. Netscape for win95 does not include a dialler.
The first thing Registration Wizard will ask is whether you want to create a new
Internet account or use an existing account. Select Use Existing Account.
Select Account Setup. Press Next.
Enter your Full Name and Organization however you like. Press Next.
Enter your Login Name in lower case. For the Password, enter your assigned password
exactly as you have it, making sure to observe case. Press Next.
Enter the area code and phone number to connect to, which is:
- (228) 382-1300 if you live in Biloxi, D'Iberville, or Jackson County
- (228) 364-1300 if you live in Gulfport, western Harrison or Hancock County
- (334) 476-8154 if you live in Mobile or Baldwin County
A more up to date list of phone numbers can be found in our about section's Dial-up Numbers Quick Reference.
Press Next.
Next you'll enter you e-mail login name and password. For the login name, enter your
login ID without a capital P in front. Registration Wizard will assume you want
the leading P there, but you don't. Remove it.
The password for e-mail is the same as your dialup password. Press Next.
For the Primary DNS Server, enter 205.216.82.1
For the Secondary DNS Server, enter 205.216.82.2
Press Next.
For the POP Server, enter pop.datasync.com
For the SMTP Server, enter smtp.datasync.com
For the NNTP Server, enter news.datasync.com
Press Next.
You do not need to bring up a TTY window when connected. Press Finish.
The other two Registration Wizard steps, Modem Setup and Dialing Setup, do not involve
any Datasync-specific information. |
