About Netscape Mail

Important Information for getting started with Netscape Mail

• New system: You recently purchased a new system with Netscape 3.01S preinstalled
• Upgraded: You recently upgraded your system to Netscape 3.01S
• Features and Benefits of Netscape Mail

Information for those who have purchased New SGI Systems

• Verifying Your Identity
• Hot Tips to help you get started using Netscape Mail
• Netscape Handbook: Chapter on Mail for more information
• Netscape Release Notes: Mail Configuration
• Netscape Release Notes: Configuring Netscape Mail on Unix
• Media Mail Pro (an alternative to Netcape Mail)

Information for those who have Upgraded to Netscape 3.01S

• Switching to Netscape Mail from Media Mail
• Hot Tips to help you get started using Netscape Mail
• Comparing Netscape Mail and Media Mail Features
• Netscape Handbook: Chapter on Mail
• Netscape Release Notes: Mail Configuration
• Netscape Release Notes: Configuring Netscape Mail on Unix
• Media Mail Pro (an alternative to Netcape Mail)

Features and Benefits of Netscape Mail

You will find the following benefits to using Netscape Mail:

• URL's in your incoming messages are live Internet hyperlinks; just click on a URL to see its web page.
• You can embed live Internet hyperlinks into mail messages. Thus, you no longer need to create webjumpers if the recipients of your messages are also using Netscape Mail.
• You can use Cosmo Create, or any html authoring tool, to create formatted messages embedded with live objects and images.
• Netscape Mail is fully integrated with the Netscape web browser and news reader.
• You can mail a web page from Netscape, and the live web document appears embedded in your Netscape Mail message.
• Netscape Mail includes a personal address book. To address a message, drag and drop people icons from the address book onto a message.
• You can drag and drop messages into mail folders to save them.
• Netscape Mail supports MIME attachments for multimedia messages.