Configuring Netscape to read your mail on the Exchange servers
If you use Netscape to read your mail using the existing Math Physics mail server, tera, then you will have to make a few small changes to the configuration of these mail clients to be able to read your mail on the central Exchange servers instead. These changes configure Netscape to use the Exchange servers' POP3 server instead of getting the messages from an SMTP mail spool.
About the Exchange servers
- Almost all of you will have your mail account will be on the Exchange server icex3.cc.ic.ac.uk, which is one of the Exchange servers. (One or two of you will have accounts on another server, icex7.cc.ic.ac.uk which has traditionally been the home for Maths Exchange users but this server is apparently full).
- icex3.cc.ic.ac.uk/pop3
About usernames under Exchange
- Microsoft Exchange uses rather different usernames from those you may be used to with Unix or Linux. The username string is a lot more complex and contains three main components - in addition to your actual username (which strictly speaking is known in Windows circles as your login name, rather than your username), it also embodies the Windows domain you belong to and the first part of your college email address, up to but not including the '@' as follows:
- Windows domain\login name/email address
So, suppose your name happens to be Joe N. Bloggs and you have the college username jnb and the email address joe.bloggs@ic.ac.uk: your Exchange username would be:
- IC\jnb/joe.bloggs
Note the forward and backward slashes.
Configuring Netscape
- Netscape has the more usual separate server address and username fields in its configuration screen so it is easier to set up:
- Start up Netscape in the usual way and click on Edit ...Preferences...
- Now click on Mail & Groups and then select Mail Server
- You should now see the Netscape Messenger configuration screen...
- Select POP3 as your Mail server type by clicking on the POP3 radio button and using the Joe Bloggs example above, fill out the screen as shown with your Exchange username and your Exchange server address:
