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`USING
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`CHAPTER4
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`Loading and
`Configuring Netscape
`for the Macintosh
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`The Internet has traditionally been difficult to understand and use for two
`reasons: it’s vast, and it’s arcane.
`
`The size of the Internet is easy to see. When Valvoline advertises its Web page
`address (http://www.valvoline.com/) during televised stock car races in
`the southeast United States, you realize that the Internet has spread into parts
`of our lives unimaginable 10 or more years ago. No one expects the Internet
`to become any less pervasive any time soon, if ever.
`
`In the early days of the Internet, Internet access was difficult. Everyone in-
`volved in the Internet received access through their professional careers in
`academia and the military. Since the Internet was built primarily by linking
`computer systems that spoke various flavors of UNIX, UNIX knowledge be-
`came the required passport. When the Internet grew large enough that
`people could not hope to find what they needed just casting about by them-
`selves, search tools were created with names like FTP, Telnet, Gopher, Archie,
`and Veronica. These tools were created for use by computer professionals,
`and were not designed for today’s average user of the Internet.
`
`Since 1990, the World Wide Web has been created as a user-friendly way to
`link many of these information resources and search engines together. The
`first Web browser, NCSA Mosaic, was a wonderful improvement in ease-of-
`use of the Internet. Since Mosaic’s first version, many other Web browsers, in-
`cluding Netscape, have been developed. While there are many Web browsers,
`one study in the spring of 1995 estimated that three-quarters of all Web ac-
`cess was through a Netscape browser. This chapter discusses how to get
`Netscape 2.0 running on your Macintosh computer.
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`Chapter 4—Loading and Configuring Netscape for the Macintosh
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`In this chapter, you learn the following:
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`I How to get Netscape onto your Macintosh
`I What communications software you need in addition to Netscape, and
`where to get it
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`I How to configure Netscape
`
`Getting Netscape
`The two most likely ways for you to install Netscape on your Macintosh are
`either by downloading a newer version of Netscape with an already-installed
`older version of Netscape or other World Wide Web browser, or using floppy
`disks from a purchased copy of Netscape. If you are installing Netscape from a
`set of floppy disks, follow the instructions provided.
`
`If you are using Netscape or another Web browser, the URL for downloading
`the most current version of Netscape is http://home.netscape.com/
`comprod/mirror/index.html.
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`If you have FTP (File Transfer Protocol) software, you can look for the FTP site
`ftp.netcom.c0m. If that site is busy, try ftp2.netcom.com,
`ftp3.netcom.com, ftp4.netcom.com, ftp5.netcom.com,
`ftp6.netcom.com, or ftp7.netcom.com. After you get through to the FTP
`site, look for the folder the files are stored in. As of this writing, the full path
`for the 2.0 beta release of Netscape is ftp.netcom.com/2.0beta/
`netscape/mac/netscape2.0-b1 .hqx.
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`The Netscape Now! page is where you always find the most current version of
`the Netscape software (see fig. 4.1).
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`Note
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`installed version of Netscape.
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`If you already have Netscape and are installing a newer version, find Netscape on
`your Macintosh and note what folder the application is in. If you are downloading
`Netscape with an older edition of Netscape, choose the Preferences command from
`the Options menu, and then look at the Directories and Applications dialog box to
`see the default FTP download directory. If the default FTP directory is the same folder
`your current Netscape is located in, change the download folder to another folder. If
`you do not change the default download directory, you will overwrite your currently
`
`Follow Netscape's instructions on the following pages of its Web site. After
`you download the file, you need to uncompress the compressed file.
`
`Installation Requirements
`In order to install Netscape, you need a Macintosh that has a 68020 processor
`or better, can run System 7.0 or later, and has at least 3MB of free RAM and
`about 3MB of hard disk space.
`
`Note
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`Netscape will not run on the Mac Plus, SE, Classic, Portable, or Powerbook 100.
`
`Any helper applications you install will also want additional memory, from
`less than 400KB for StuffIt Expander to 2.5MB or more for Whurlwind. You
`also need at least a 14,400 baud modem.
`
`The previous paragraph discussed the minimum requirements for Netscape
`on the Macintosh. A more realistic setup would have a Macintosh with the
`following:
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`I Either a 68040 or PowerPC processor
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`I At least 8MB of total RAM (not free RAM, although more RAM is always
`better)
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`I A color monitor (to take advantage of the image display capability of
`Netscape)
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`I The fastest modem you can find (28,800 external modems for the
`
`Macintosh are available for under $150 as of this writing)
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`Netscape, like almost every other application, performs better with more
`memory. For better performance and reliability, a good general rule for
`Macintosh software is to set the “minimum size” memory requirement to 25
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`percent higher than its default setting. Also, you can set Netscape's cache
`value higher, so that more images and Web pages are stored on your hard
`disk, which gives you faster response when jumping to a Web page you’ve
`Visited in that session. With a large cache, your newsreader and electronic
`mail requirements, several helper applications (sound, Video, uncompressing
`files, VRML, and so on), and your Netscape and helper applications folder
`(counting the additions created in the Preferences folder of the System
`Folder) could easily reach 6MB or more of memory and 20MB or more of
`hard disk space.
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`Installing Netscape
`After you have the Netscape installer icon on your Macintosh desktop,
`double-Click the icon to display the Netscape Installer window shown in
`figure 4.2.
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`The Easy Install option, shown as the default selection of the pop-up menu
`in the upper—left of the window, installs a version of Netscape appropriate to
`your Macintosh (either a PowerPC—native version, or a version capable of run-
`ning on 68000—series Macintoshes). If you choose Custom Install from the
`pop-up menu, you can install a fat binary version of Netscape that runs on
`both Power Macintoshes and 68000-series Macintoshes.
`
`Note
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`recommend against wholesale installation of fat binaries.
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`Although a fat binary is larger than either a PowerPC-native application or a 68000-
`series version of the same application, sometimes a fat binary can be useful. At one
`time, l was commuting between a Power Macintosh at one location and a Macintosh
`SE in the second location. By carrying an external hard disk, I was able to travel with
`all my files and applications. Any processor-specific version of the several I used
`would have been inconvenient. However, available disk space on your system may
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`If you have multiple disks attached to your Macintosh, use the Switch Disk
`button in the bottom center of the window to select the desired installation
`
`disk. Selecting the name of the disk next to its icon in the Installer window
`
`displays a pop-up list of the available disks and an option to select a folder of
`the current disk. If there is not enough disk space to install Netscape (about
`3.5MB), the Installer will not allow you to install to that disk, and will display
`a message that you should select another disk. After you have decided where
`to install Netscape and checked to see if the chosen disk has enough memory
`(about 3.5MB), click the Install button in the lower-right corner of the win-
`dow. An Installing window appears with a progress bar that fills in as the
`files are installed. A dialog box appears if installation is successful, and
`prompts you to quit the Netscape Installer or perform further installations
`(see fig. 4.3).
`
`0 Installation was successful. If you are finished,
`click Unit to leaue the Installer. If gou wish to
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`perform additional installations, click continue. Fig. 4.3
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`The Netscape
`Installer window
`after a successful
`installation.
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`Macintosh Prerequisites: MacTCP and
`ConfigPPP
`MacTCP is the Macintosh version of TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/
`Internet Protocol) used by research organizations, universities, and the
`
`Internet to allow different types of computers to connect with each other
`over a network.
`
`SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) and PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) are pro-
`tocols that use TCP/IP to make your personal computer a part of the Internet
`as long as the link to your ISP (Internet service provider) stays open.
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`mm“P915!!!
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`version of Netscape to work best for you.
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`If you have Netscape or another World Wide Web browser running on your
`Macintosh already and are just upgrading your version of Netscape, you have
`MacTCP and some form of SLIP/PPP working already. Skip ahead to the "Setting
`Basic Preferences” section of this chapter for information on how to customize your
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`MacTCP is included with System 7.5, but was not installed if an Easy [System]
`Install was performed. If MacTCP is not in your Macintosh’s System Folder,
`install the control panel with the following steps:
`
`1 .
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`Insert Disk 1 of your set of System 7.5 floppy disks (or the CD, if your
`System disk shipped as a CD-ROM), and click the Continue button in
`the Welcome to System 7.5 window.
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`2. Click the Easy Install option in the upper-left of the Installer window,
`and select Custom Install from the pop-up list (see fig. 4.4).
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`the items in that folder. Click the checkbox to the left of MacTCP, and
`then click the Install button.
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`4.
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`If you are using a CD-ROM, wait until you see a dialog box that says
`Installation was successful, and then click the Restart button to re-
`start the Macintosh.
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`You also need either SLIP or PPP software to allow Netscape for Macintosh to
`
`talk to MacTCP. Apple does not supply SLIP or PPP software, but there are
`several shareware and freeware packages available.
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`Note
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`software, so if you need SLIP, just follow my pointers to PPP software.
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`SLIP has almost entirely died out; almost everyone is using a PPP connection. SLIP
`software (such as InterSLIP) tends to be found in the same archive location as PPP
`
`One place to find PPP packages such as MacPPP, ConfigPPP, and FreePPP is
`the Info-Mac HyperArchive. The URL of the TCP/IP-related software directory
`is http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Abstracts/
`comm/tcp/HyperArchive.html.
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`After you download and uncompress the file, the PPP software will be a con-
`trol panel with a README file. Install the PPP software by dragging the icons
`onto the closed System Folder, and then restart your Macintosh.
`
`If you are installing MacTCP and ConfigPPP, you need several pieces of infor-
`mation from your Internet Service Provider or system administrator. If they
`support Macintoshes at all, they may have a set of instructions prepared for
`configuring MacTCP, ConfigPPP, and Netscape.
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`For MacTCP, you need to know the following information to enter into the
`window that appears when you select the More button from the MacTCP
`window (see fig. 4.5).
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`I How your system obtains the IP address—Indicate this by choosing one of
`the radio buttons in the upper-left corner of the window.
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`I Gateway address—This is typically four sets of one to three numbers
`with periods between the sets. A gateway address looks like this:
`1 5 1 .2.46 .2.
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`I Class of the server—The A that is visible is a drop-down menu from
`which you can select A, B, or C.
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`I Net, subnet, and node values—These are three (normally) single-digit
`numbers.
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`I Domain name and IP address—The domain is typically going to be the
`hostname of your Internet service provider, and normally is two or
`more words separated by periods. The IP Address field is the IP address
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`corresponding to your ISP’s domain name, and will look like the gate-
`way address.
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`For ConfigPPP, you need the following information to enter in the Config
`window:
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`PPP server name
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`Port speed of your Macintosh
`Flow control to use
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`Type of telephone line (tone dial or pulse dial)
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`Telephone number to dial
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`Modem lnit string
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`Connect script for establishing connection
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`If you have difficulty configuring MacTCP and ConfigPPP, note these tips:
`
`If you are trying to enter values into the More window of MacTCP and
`the only fields you can enter values in are the Domain Name and IP
`addresses in the lower—right corner, you should set the Obtain Address
`buttons in the upper-left corner to Manually. Once you are done enter-
`ing values in this window, remember to set the Obtain Address button
`to the correct choice.
`
`If you’ve entered all your information and you’re having problems
`connecting, double-check everything. People often have trouble with
`typing errors. Get a friend or coworker to verify that all the information
`you have on-screen is correct.
`If you're still having trouble and there’s another Macintosh that works
`with the network or service provider, find whoever is responsible for
`that Macintosh and double-check your settings with the settings on the
`working Macintosh. Remember that the connection script entered into
`ConfigPPP can include the username and password, so let the person
`responsible for that Macintosh preserve his privacy. You might ask him
`to make a copy of the Control Panels you need, delete his passwords
`from the copies, and give them to you on a floppy disk. Copying their
`setup to your Macintosh eliminates most of the setup this section de-
`scribes how to do.
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`Configuring Netscape Preferences
`Netscape can be customized in many ways. Most of the options ask you to
`choose which you prefer, more graphics or more speed. The Options menu
`contains controls for you to set many parameters of Netscape's appearance
`and behavior. There are four major windows and five toggled controls that
`can be selected from the Options menu.
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`The General Preferences Window
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`To View the General Preferences window, go to the Options menu and select
`the General command (see fig. 4.6).
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`The General Preferences window has seven screens that let you control many
`aspects of how Netscape operates on your Macintosh. These seven screens are
`the following:
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`Appearance
`Bookmarks
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`Colors
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`Fonts
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`Helpers
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`Images
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`Applications
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`The Appearances Screen
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`The Appearances screen contains three panels: Toolbars, Startup, and Link
`Styles. The Toolbars panel controls whether the buttons on the main
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`Netscape toolbar appear as text-only, picture-only, or pictorial buttons with
`text labels. If you want the window for your Web page Viewing to be as large
`as possible, set this for text-only.
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`The Startup panel controls what Web page Netscape loads when it is first
`started, and what windows (for Web, mailbox, or UseNet news) are launched
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`on startup. You can enter any URL (Universal Resource Locator) you like for
`the startup page.
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`One tip to speed Netscape’s startup is to have your startup page be a page local to
`your computer, which doesn’t have to be downloaded over your network connec-
`tion. If you set the startup page to a local HTML file on your hard disk, Netscape
`typically takes less time to access a hard disk than to download a Web page over its
`Internet connection.
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`Link Styles controls whether or not you want links to appear on Web pages as
`underlined or not, and how long you want Netscape to keep a record of you
`following a given link. The default value of this Followed Links Expire option
`is 30 days, but you can set the time from 0 (a followed link never looks differ-
`ent from one you haven’t looked at) to Never (a followed link will always
`look different than one you haven’t looked at).
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`Expired Links as Trail Markers?
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`About now, somebody is thinking, "i can use these expired links as markers of where
`I’ve been!” True, but it’s probably more efficient to mark your trail at just the interest—
`ing points, not every step along the path. On the other hand, expired links could be
`used in an experiment to research how people search for information.
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`The Bookmarks Screen
`The Bookmarks screen lets you choose the folder your bookmarks are stored
`in on your Macintosh, and which bookmarks file you are using as well as
`the one you are adding to. For example, let’s say you are researching multi-
`processor operating systems, and you find the URL for AT&T Bell Lab’s new
`operating system Plan 9. The designers of Plan 9 named their project after the
`Ed Wood, Jr. film Plan 9 from Outer Space, and they have included a Web link
`to a Web site devoted to this movie. With the Bookmarks screen, you can
`open your personal hobbies bookmarks file and add the bookmark for the
`movie to that file. You can then reset the bookmarks file to your operating
`system research list, and continue on with your work.
`
`The Colors Screen
`The Colors screen lets you set the colors for new links, links you haven’t
`looked at yet, the text color, and the background color. For contrast and
`ease of reading, keep the text color dark and the background color light
`or vice versa, unless you like trying to read purple text on a black back-
`ground. lnstead of a color, you can set a background image file as the default
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`background: a useful option if you are setting up Netscape for a presentation
`and want the company logo as a faint watermark—like image in the back-
`ground of every page that does not have a defined background.
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`The Fonts Screen
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`The Fonts screen allows you to define the encoding format, the fixed font,
`and the proportional fonts used to draw the pages. You can also choose the
`display size of the fonts. If you find yourself leaning close to your monitor to
`read the words, and the text is in high contrast to the background, you could
`enlarge the text with these controls.
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`The Images Screen
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`The Images screen includes a choice that may improve Netscape’s perfor-
`mance: Display Images either While, or After Downloading them. The default
`setting is to display an image as it downloads. If you are on a slow-to-medium
`speed connection, this lets you see the part of an image that has been
`downloaded, giving you the choice of whether to stop the download. If your
`computer is on a high-speed Internet connection, choosing the While Down-
`loading option can be slower than After Downloading. Typically, a computer
`is idle between pieces of a downloading image. If the connection is faster
`than the computer can process the received information, you may have bet-
`ter performance if you choose After Downloading.
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`The Applications Screen
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`The Applications screen of the General Preferences window lets you select the
`supporting applications to use with a Telnet session (an older, terminal-based
`communication protocol explained in chapter 12), a TN3270 session
`(TN3270 is a fancy version of Telnet), and the application to choose to view
`the HTML source of a Web page. On a Macintosh, this is usually Simpletext.
`However, you can set the View Source application to any word processor or
`HTML editor you might have.
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`The Mail and News Preferences Window
`The Mail and News Preferences window of the Options menu presents you
`with five ways to customize Netscape for sending and receiving electronic
`mail and reading UseNet newsgroups (see fig. 4.7). Chapters 12, "Accessing
`Other Internet Services with Netscape, ” and 15, "Reading UseNet Newsgroups
`with Netscape,” cover this screen and its options in detail, so this section
`only covers the basics of what you need to do in order to get connected to
`your mail and news.
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`You will need to have the names of the computers, or servers, your Internet connec-
`tion uses as the SMTP server, the POP server, and the NNTP server. You can get these
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`To set Netscape’s required preferences so that you can send and receive mail
`and read and post to UseNet newsgroups, follow these steps:
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`1. First, select the Directories tab. In the Mail panel of the Directories
`screen, enter the name of the SMTP (Simple Message Transaction Proto-
`col) Server and the Mail POP (Point-of-Presence) Server in the first two
`fields at the top of the screen. The two servers may be the same, but
`they don’t have to be.
`In the News panel at the bottom of the Directories screen, enter the
`name of the news server.
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`3. Select the Identity tab. The Identity screen contains information Netscape
`uses to identify you to the outside world when you send a message.
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`4. Enter your name. This is the name you want the rest of the Internet to
`know you as, and does not have to be your real name.
`5. Enter your e-mail address so messages you send can have a return ad-
`dress attached to them. Your e-mail address will look like
`words_or_numbers@more_words_or_numbers. Your POP user ID is the
`part of your e—mail address to the left of the @ symbol. Your reply-to
`address does not have to be the same as the address of the account you
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`are sending from.
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`The Network Preferences Window
`The Network Preferences window contains settings that affect your connec-
`tion to the network. The three screens of the Network window are the follow-
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`The Cache screen lets you set the size of the cache Netscape uses on the local
`hard disk of your computer, and where you want the cache to be on your
`Macintosh. Netscape’s cache does not have to be in the same folder or even
`the same disk drive where Netscape is located. If you decide to go back to a
`Web page that you’ve already downloaded, Netscape will look at the version
`you downloaded five minutes ago, instead of reconnecting to the network
`and downloading the page again (which probably hasn’t changed in five
`minutes). Loading the page from your hard disk will always, except in very
`special circumstances, be faster than reloading the page from your network
`connection.
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`If you think the page has changed in the last five minutes (for example, there are
`several people who have wired digital cameras to their Internet connection and
`update their Web page every minute with a snapshot of their office), selecting the
`Reload button will always load the page from your network connection, and not
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`Netscape’s default setting for the cache is 5MB, and you can change this to a
`higher or lower value. Reducing the cache size to below 1MB is not recom-
`mended, as some individual Web pages and files can exceed 1MB in size. Re-
`ducing the cache too low causes Netscape to act as if it has no cache, which
`can severely limit performance.
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`The Connections screen lets you set the number of simultaneous connections
`Netscape can keep operating at any moment. When you connect to a Web
`page with many images, Netscape is actually trying to load four (the default
`setting) of the images at the same time. The only difficulty is that since your
`network connection doesn’t grow in size as you raise the number of simulta-
`neous connections, Netscape takes as long to download a Web page four con-
`nections at a time as it does to download the same page one connection at a
`time. You can probably avoid this screen and leave the default value of four
`in place, and never worry about changing the value.
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`Proxies are applications that are substitutes (that is, they act as a stand-in) for
`your same type of application. Proxies are rarely present for any other reason
`than to act as guards on the firewall on a network. You will need to ask your
`system administrator if there are any proxies present for use across a firewall,
`and what settings you need to make in Netscape in order to use them.
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`Individuals have different concerns over their privacy and personal security.
`While one resident of an apartment building may use only the latch lock on
`their door and leave the windows open all day, their neighbor may have two
`deadbolt locks on each door and bars on the windows. Netscape lets you
`choose how often you want to be shown an alert when the security level of
`the page you are looking at changes (see fig. 4.9).
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`You cannot turn it off, either intentionally or accidentally.
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`Netscape’s security is always working whenever you connect to a secure Web site.
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`The Security panel of the Options menu lets you choose how often you want
`to be alerted of changes in the security of your transaction. The four choices
`in the amount you want to be alerted are:
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`I Entering a Secure Document Space (Server)—When this option is on,
`Netscape displays a dialog box every time you enter a Netscape Com-
`merce Server.
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`I Leaving a Secure Document Space (Server)—When this option is on,
`Netscape displays a dialog box every time you leave a Netscape Com-
`merce Server.
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`I Viewing a Document With a Secure/Insecure Mix—When this option is on,
`Netscape displays a dialog box e