Mozilla 1.7 and Netscape 7.2 Mail Configuration

Mozilla is one of the University-supported web browsers. In addition to being a web broswer, Mozilla also has a mail component built in. Netscape and Mozilla are available to download for free.

Follow the steps below to setup Mozilla or Netscape to read your SEAS mail.

1. The Account Wizard pops up. On the New Accout Setup screen, select "Email Account" and click Next.

2. On the Identity screen, enter your full name and email address and click Next.

3. On the Server Information screen, select IMAP as the incoming server. The name of the incoming server is: username.mail.seas.upenn.edu (where username is your Username) .The name of the outgoing server is: smtp.seas.upenn.edu.

Note: If your computer is not connected to the SEAS network, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) may require a different SMTP server setting. If you have trouble sending mail, please check with your ISP for the correct setting.

4. On the User Name screen, enter your SEAS user name, click Next.

5. On the Account Name screen, enter a name by which you would like to refer to this email account, click Next.

6. On the Congratulations screen, review the information to make sure it is correct and click Finish.

IMPORTANT: At this time you will be prompted to enter your password. Hit Cancel. You are not yet set up to send your data over a secure channel at this point (SSL).

7. Now that you are done with the Account Wizard, Go to "Edit | Mail and Newsgroups Account Settings"

(A) Select your SEAS account from the left hand list.

• Change the Email Address to USERNAME@seas.upenn.edu (where USERNAME is your Username).
• Enter your name and email address if they are not already there.
  
  

(B) Select "Server Settings" from the left hand list and follow the configuration settings below.

• Server name should be: USERNAME.mail.seas.upenn.edu (where USERNAME is your Username)
  
• Ensure "Use secure connection (SSL)" is checked.
  
• Check for new messages every X minutes: Ensure this is checked. You can check for new messages as frequently as every 6 minutes.
  
• It is recommended that you also check "Clean up ("Expunge") Inbox on Exit" and "Empty Trash on Exit"
  
• Click the "Advanced" button. You will see the below dialog box appear. Your IMAP server directory should be set to: ~/Mail/. Ensure the two check boxes underneath the IMAP server directory are unchecked.
  
  
  

(C) Select "Outgoing Server (SMTP)" from the left hand list.

• Make sure your username is entered correctly
• Make sure "Use secure connection (SSL)" is set to Always.

If you have multiple SEAS account profiles created, repeat the above steps for each account.

Click OK to save your settings in the "Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings" dialog box.

8. Go to "Edit" >> "Preferences". Click on "Privacy & Security" in the left hand category list. Then click on "Images". Check the box for "Do not load remote images in Mail & Newsgroup messages." Click "OK". Disabling automatic downloading of HTML images helps protect your privacy. By automatically downloading images from an email you are communicating with an external server and this verifies that your email address is valid, possibly making you a target for more junk mail.

9. Click OK to save your changes in the Preferences dialog box.

Send yourself a test message, and check for new messages. If you do not receive the test message, use webmail and send email to CETS explaining the problem and any error messages you have received.

You can configure Mozilla to access Penn's Online Directory. See the link below for instructions.

http://www.upenn.edu/computing/help/doc/email/unauthmozilladirectory.html