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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!platinum.sge.net!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!saluki-news.it.siu.edu!slip106.termserv.siu.edu From: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu (Jim Dutton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: POP3 and SMTP email... Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 10:52:36 CST Organization: Southern Illinois University Lines: 19 Sender: NNTP@slip106.termserv.siu.edu Message-ID: <24a9ff71.u9t27e.34e5f@slip106.termserv.siu.edu> Reply-To: jimd@slip106.termserv.siu.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: slip106.termserv.siu.edu Comment: AmigaNOS v2.9p In-Reply-To: <5ovt4g$1j1@huron.eel.ufl.edu> (from afn45694@afn.org (James N. Grace)) (at 27 Jun 1997 08:20:32 GMT) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43710 Hi James, on Jun 27 you wrote: > I am attempting to send and receive email from my local dial up Internet > Service Provider using Netscape Navigator Gold. Do I need any additional > software? After reading the email section in the handbook it appeared that > I needed a POP email program (such as fetchmail?). The email section is Netscape comes with a simplistic POP3 client built into it. Your remote mail server will need to be running a POP3 server program to make use of this, though. You need to ask your ISP whether they have a POP3 daemon running on their mail server (assuming that they are also providing you with mail services). If you choose to do mail outSIDE of Netscape, and your ISP does run a POP3 daemon, THEN you will need to acquire a POP3 client program. In this case, though, I would suggest an IMAP client (such as TkRat). This will require, of course, and IMAP daemon at your ISP, but that should be easy enough for them to set up.