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Configuring Netscape Messenger for IMAP and LDAP

Enter your real name
Enter your email address
- Helix users enter their usernames "at helix," e.g. rick@helix.nih.gov
Skip over the Reply-to box; fill in the Organization and Signature File boxes if desired
It is recommended you not check the box for always attaching an Address Book Card

Enter your login (username) on the mail server, e.g. rick
Enter the hostname of your Outgoing mail server
- Helix users enter mailfwd.nih.gov
- Exception: If connecting through a non-NIH Internet services provider (ISP), use your ISP's outgoing mail server (also known as SMTP server) instead
Enter the hostname of your Incoming mail server
- Helix users enter helix.nih.gov
Choose a Local mail directory to your liking
Select IMAP as the Mail Server Type (you may have to click an Edit button first)
Click the More Options button or the Advanced tab
- Enter your mailbox pathname as the IMAP server directory
  - Helix users enter /var/mail/username, e.g. /var/mail/rick
- Helix users: If your version of Messenger supports namespace settings, you should set the Other Users namespace to a subdirectory of your home directory. Otherwise Messenger will interpret all your files as mail folders!
  - Suggested value (include the quotation marks): "~/mail"
- As mail clients can become confused if you check for new mail too frequently, it is recommend you set the mail check interval for at least 15 minutes
- Click OK

Click New to add a Directory Server entry
Enter NIH LDAP directory service as the Description
Enter directory.nih.gov as the LDAP Server
Enter o=nih,c=us as the Search Root
Click OK
Use the arrow buttons to move "NIH LDAP directory service" to the top of the list