Editing existing e-mail accounts:

To edit e-mail accounts in Mozilla Mail, follow these steps:

On the Toolbar, click Edit and select Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings from the menu.

The Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings window opens.

Highlight the name of the account.  In this example, I highlighted "Work".

To the right you'll see five fields.  We're concerned only about three of them:  Account Name, Your Name, and Email Address.

Account Name  =  Enter a name for the account.  It can be anything you wish.  Make is distinctive to help distinguish it from any other accounts you may create.
Your Name  =  Enter your name.
Email Address  =  Enter the e-mail address of the account.

Highlight Server Settings.

Server Type  =  This should be a POP Mail Server.
Server Name  =  The Incoming (POP3) mail server usually follows this format:  mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.

User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @). Port  =  This should be the default setting:  110.

Important:  Do not enable Use secure connection (SSL).

Highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP).

Enabling SMTP Authentication:

SMTP authentication is required to send e-mail.  Without this enabled, you will receive errors when trying to send e-mail.  SMTP authentication helps deter would-be spammers from spamming you.

Highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP).

To the right, you'll see three fields:  Server Name, Port, and User Name.

Server Name  =  The Outgoing (SMTP) mail server usually follows this format: mail.ispname.com (or .net).  Replace the "ispname.com (or .net)" with your ISP's name.

Port  =  The default port number is perfect:  25.

Check the box Use name and password.

User Name  =  Enter your e-mail username (everything before the @).

Click the Advanced button.

The Advanced Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings window appears.

Ensure that only one outgoing mail server is Entered.  Netscape, as well as most e-mail clients, has difficulty with more than one outgoing mail server.  Delete any obsolete mail servers.

Important:  Verify that there are no blank servers Entered.  I there are any, you would be able to highlight the server even though the address is not present.

Click OK when finished and close all other windows.

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