Netscape 7.1 Messenger Setup

If you have problems following the instructions below, please email helpdesk@astro.swin.edu.au. Be sure to describe your problem in detail along with your machine type, Operating system and version and name of the software that is causing the problem.

The Netscape newsreader is called Mail & Newsgroups and is built into the Netscape Browser up to versions 7.1 and 7.2. We recommend using these versions of Netscape, which can be freely downloaded from here.

1. Open Netscape, once it has loaded, open up the Mail & News window. Then in the Window menu, choose Mail & Newsgroups, or by pressing CTRL+2.

2. If you are using Netscape for the first time, a wizard will automatically start to guide you through the following steps, if not, you can start it manually by selecting Local Folders in the left panel, and then clicking on Create a new account in the right panel.

3. When the wizard starts it will ask you to setup a Mail or News account. Select Newsgroup Account and click Next

4. Enter your name and preferred email address in the appropriate boxes. Click Next.

5. Enter ilearn.swin.edu.au for the news server. Click Next

6. Enter a descriptive name for the newserver, the default is to use the name of the newsserver. Click Next.

7. Click Finish to confirm your selections.

8. The news server should now appear in the left hand panel. Select this news server, and then in the right hand panel, select View settings for this account.

9. Select Server Settings underneath the ilearn.swin.edu.au server. Make sure that the "Ask me before downloading more than [500] Messages" box is NOT checked

10. Select Offline & Disk Space underneath the ilearn.swin.edu.au server. Make sure that the "Keep all messages" box is checked. Click OK to save these settings and close the window.

11. Now you are ready to setup the Offline Synchronisation. You must set up offline synchronisation, or Netscape will not communicate with Blackboard properly. The instructions for Offline Synchronisation are here

1.	Open Netscape, once it has loaded, open up the *Mail & News* window. Then in the *Window* menu, choose *Mail & Newsgroups, or by pressing CTRL+2*.
2.	If you are using Netscape for the first time, a wizard will automatically start to guide you through the following steps, if not, you can start it manually by selecting *Local Folders* in the left panel, and then clicking on *Create a new account* in the right panel.
3.	When the wizard starts it will ask you to setup a Mail or News account. Select *Newsgroup Account* and click *Next*
4.	Enter your name and preferred email address in the appropriate boxes. Click *Next*.
5.	Enter *ilearn.swin.edu.au* for the news server. Click *Next*
6.	Enter a descriptive name for the newserver, the default is to use the name of the newsserver. Click *Next*.
7.	Click *Finish* to confirm your selections.
8.	The news server should now appear in the left hand panel. Select this news server, and then in the right hand panel, select *View settings for this account*.
9.	Select *Server Settings* underneath the *ilearn.swin.edu.au* server. Make sure that the "Ask me before downloading more than [500] Messages" box is NOT checked
10.	Select *Offline & Disk Space* underneath the *ilearn.swin.edu.au* server. Make sure that the "Keep all messages" box is checked. Click OK to save these settings and close the window.
11.	Now you are ready to setup the Offline Synchronisation. You must set up offline synchronisation, or Netscape will not communicate with Blackboard properly. The instructions for Offline Synchronisation are here