Mail Setup Instructions: Netscape 4.x IMAP-SSL

Instructions
Converting from POP to IMAP
Watching your quotas when using IMAP

Netscape 4.x with IMAP-SSL

IMAP is a mail download protocol which allows you to keep folders on the server and access these folders from multiple computers. This is great for users who don't use just one computer to check their email. IMAP downloads a local copy of your mailbox and folders from the server to the computer you are connecting from. If you create folders on your computer, you will have to sync up with the server in order to make it accessible globally. However, you're not required to create folders. You can work with just one mailbox/ inbox, if you like.


From the Edit menu, choose Preferences

In the left window pane, click on the plus (+) box next to Mail
and Newsgroups.  If there is a minus (-) sign, skip this step.

Click on Mail Servers

Click on Add... to add maxwell.berkeley.edu as your 
new mail server.

Under General tab, make sure the following is set:

    Server Name:       maxwell.berkeley.edu
    
    Server Type:       IMAP Server
    
    User Name:         your-DECF-name (e.g., adent)
    
    Remember Password: Uncheck if you do not want other users 
                       to be able to access your email. Recommended 
                       
                       Check if you want Netscape to remember your 
                       password for you and are the only user on 
                       this computer. 

    Check for Mail every: 10 minutes (recommended, minimum 5 minutes)

Click on IMAP tab, make sure the following is set:
    
    Use Secure connection (SSL): Check
    
    Move it to the Trash Folder: Check
    
    Empty Trash on exit:         Check if you want to remove deleted 
                                 messages when you exit Netscape.  

Click on Advanced tab, make sure the following is set:

    IMAP Server Directory:  mail/ (DECF IMAP users: 
                                  do not use "newtonhome/mail")
    Show only subscribed 
    folders:                Uncheck

    Allow Server to over-
    ride these namespaces:  Uncheck

This will save all the folders you create under the "mail" directory
in your home directory.

Click OK

Making sure maxwell.berkeley.edu is selected, click Set as
Default.

Under Outoing SMTP server text box:

                    - If you are on campus, using HIP/SHIP or the DECF
                      modem pool, set as maxwell.berkeley.edu

                    - If you are using Pacbell, AtHome, AOL, Earthlink, 
                      or other ISP's, set as your-isp-mail-server
                      (eg. mail.pacbell.com)
                
                    - If you are off campus and want to use Outgoing Mail
                      Relay, set as relay.decf.berkeley.edu     
                      (See Outgoing Mail Relay for more info.

Click OK
 

Check for mail.

    When you do, Netscape will connect to our IMAP server securely.
    Since we are not paying one of the certificate signing 
    authorities, our certificate will not be recognized by
    Netscape.  However, you may still use the certificate for
    encrypting the traffic between your client and the mail
    server.  

    To accept the new certificate when you're prompted:
    
    Click Next>
    Click Next>
    Check Accept this Certificate forever (until it expires)
    Click Next>
    Click Next>
    Click Finish

Check mail, enter your DECF password when prompted.  
Note: This is not the same as your APOP password.  If you don't 
remember your DECF password, see a lab staff during their Office Hours.

You can go ahead and delete the old server setting if everything
works and you see all your mailboxes and INBOX.  If you're converting
from POP/IMAP, read the next section first before you remove the old
server setting.

Converting from POP to IMAP

In Netscape Mail, the Mailbox window (left pane) contains two sections. The section labeled "Local Mail" can be thought of as your local hard drive. It contains all the mail you downloaded via POP. The section labeled 'maxwell.berkeley.edu' is your IMAP server drive. Therefore, it is important that you know where you are going to create any new mail folder. If the new mail folder is under "Local Mail", then it's a local folder. This means that if you access your mail from another computer via IMAP, you will not see this folder.

If you're migrating from POP to IMAP AND you DID NOT leave your mail on the server, you may want to transfer existing Local Mailboxes to the IMAP server. This will allow you to see the contents of these mailboxes when accessing mail from other machines. If you will always check mail from one machine, you do not have to do this.

Transfering Local Inbox
Open the local Inbox mailbox (the one under "Local Mail") and mark all of the messages by using the Select -> All Messages feature from the Edit menu.

From the Message menu select Copy Message, and then select Inbox. The mailboxes are listed in the order of the mailserver definitions you see on the left pane window. For example, you could have three mail servers (decf.berkeley.edu, maxwell.berkeley.edu, and Local mail). You would choose Inbox corresponding to maxwell.berkeley.edu

Transfering Other Local Mailboxes
Create a new mailbox on the IMAP server. Right clicking on <username@newton.berkeley.edu> or username@maxwell.berkeley.edu and choose New Folder

Enter the name of the new mailbox, for example OldMail. The name of the mailbox you are creating may be the same name as the mailbox on the local hard drive.
Open the local mailbox and mark all of the messages by choosing the Select All from the Edit menu.
From the Message menu, select Copy Message, select the mail server name (maxwell.berkeley.edu), then select the mailbox you just created. All messages are moved to the mailbox on the IMAP server. Note: The transfer may take some time depending on the number and size of messages being transferred.

Verify that the procedure has completed successfully by opening the newly created mailbox under maxwell.berkeley.edu

Continue for all mailboxes you wish to transfer.

Watching your quotas when using IMAP

Since IMAP stores all your mailboxes on the server, you should be careful that you do not exceed your quota. Once you do, you will not be able to receive any new email messages. Quota on maxwell.berkeley.edu, your mail server, refers to the amount of space you have for your INBOX. Quota on file.decf.berkeley.edu, your file server, refers to the amount of space in your home directory, which is where all your files reside if you save them to the server. To check how much quota you have, go to the DECF Quota Help page.