Netscape Mail 6.0

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How to configure Netscape Mail v.6.0 for use with the Boingo authenticated mail server.

1.	Open Netscape Mail for Netscape 6.

2.	Click on Edit, then Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings. A window will pop up bearing the same name.

3.	Highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP).

4.	Click the Advanced button. A small dialog box will appear.

5.	Choose to Add a server.

6.	Make sure that Use name and password is selected.

7.	In the field Server Name, put mail.boingo.com

8.	In User Name put your Boingo username.

9.	For Use secure connection (SSL), you can leave either When available or Never.

10.	Click OK to exit the Advanced Outgoing Server (SMTP) Settings window.

11.	Click OK to close out of Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings .

12.	Send email as normal.

Note: It is sometimes necessary to set the Authenticated server as the Default to get it to work the first time it is used. After that, you would want to return your normal SMTP server to default again.

To set mail.boingo.com as default:
1. Open Netscape Mail.
2. Click Edit, then Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings .
3. Highlight Outgoing Server (SMTP) .
4. Click the Advanced button.
5. Highlight mail.boingo.com and click on Set Default .

(To reverse these settings, follow steps 1-5, but in step 5, highlight your normal mail server.)