Before proceeding with this setup guide for Netscape Netvigator 2.0, 3.0 Mail, News and Proxy, make sure you have installed the full version of Netscape Netvigator 2.0, 3.0. The full version of Netscape Netvigator 2.0, 3.0 can be downloaded from our ftp server.

ftp://ftp.netfront.net/pub/win31/netscape/2.0/n16e20.exe
ftp://ftp.netfront.net/pub/win31/netscape/3.0/n32e30.exe

Immediately after installing Netscape Netvigator 2.0, 3.0, you may follow these steps to setup Netscape Netvigator Mail, News and Proxy for use with NETfront.

Configuring Startup Page

1. Open Netscape Netvigator.
2. Select 'Options' on menu bar, click on 'General Preferences'.
3. Click on the 'Appearence' tag.
4. At 'Startup/Browser Starts With:' , check the box 'Home Page Location:'.
5. Enter "http://www.netfront.net/" as shown:

5. The homepage of NETfront now become the startup page.

Configuring Mail & News Server

1. Open Netscape Netvigator.
2. Select 'Options' on menu bar, click on 'Mail and News Preferences'.
3. Click on the 'Servers' tag.
4. Fill in 'Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server' and 'Incoming Mail (POP) Server' text box with 'mail.netfront.net', 'pop.netfront.net' respectively.

5. Fill in "POP3 User Name" text box with your userID.
6. Fill in the 'News (NNTP) Server' text box with 'news.netfront.net'.
7. Click on 'OK'.
8. You can now select 'Window/Netscape Mail' to read/send E-mail and select 'Window/Netscape News' from the menu bar to read/post internet news.

Configuring Proxy Server

A network proxy is a conduit between your computer and the and is used to access the internet through a firewall. If you have a direct connection to the internet, you do not need to configure Proxies.

1. Open Netscape Netvigator.
2. Select 'Options' on menu bar, click on 'Network Preferences'.
3. Click on the 'Proxies' tag.

4. Check the box 'Manual Proxy Configuraton'.
5. Click on 'View'.
6. Fill in the 'HTTP Proxy:' and its'Port' text box with 'proxy.netfront.net' and '8080' respectively.

7. Click on 'OK'.