Welcome

Internet Mail and News lets you communicate with others on the Internet through electronic mail and newsgroups. Electronic mail, or e-mail, lets you exchange messages and files with other people on the Internet. Internet newsgroups consist of messages by individuals, organized by topic. You can take part by posting a message of your own, responding to a message, or sending an e-mail message directly to the author of a message.

Cool Features

General

• Support for Internet Config mail and news preference settings. Also, support for Microsoft® Internet Mail and News to be launched when a user clicks a "mailto:" or "news:" link in Microsoft® Internet Explorer and Internet Explorer to be launched when a user clicks a URL in a mail/news message in Internet Mail and News.
• Support for preview panes for fast reading and navigation of mail and news messages.
• Support for Internet standards including SMTP, POP3, MIME.
• Type ahead filtering in the Mail, Newsgroups, and Address Book windows, helps you quickly locate the item they are looking for.
• Support for Drag and Drop.
• Support for user groups in the address book.

Mail Features

• Support for receiving and sending enclosures that are BinHex, UUEncode, Base64, and MIME.
• Support for sorting mail into folders and creating additional folders.
• Support for type ahead addressing of mail. For example, if "Bob Smith" is in your address book, when you type "B" in the "TO" field, "Bob Smith" will be filled in for you. Simply pressing the comma key will accept the entry and advance the cursor to the end of the line.
• Ability to send messages immediately or store them in an Outbox until you choose to connect to the server.
• Support for Importing/Exporting the address book, specifically: Eudora Pro, Claris Emailer, and Netscape Navigator.
• Support for offline editing and composition of mail
• Support for Auto launch of helper application for reading enclosures in mail (GIF, JPEG)
• Support for redirecting a mail message so that when it arrives at its destination, it is marked as from the person who sent it to you instead of as from you.
• Support for adding an automatic signature.

News Features

• Support for downloading Binaries, including downloading multiple ones at once.
• Ability to subscribe to your favorite groups.
• Support for multiple servers.
• Ability to search your news server for new newsgroups only.
• Support for incremental download of news subjects.
• Support for receiving enclosures that are BinHex, UUEncode, Base64, and MIME.
• Support for saving a news message and its enclosures in a folder for later reading.

Connecting to the Internet

First, you need a physical connection between your Macintosh® computer and the Internet.

• If you are at work and your computer is attached to a network that has Internet access, you can use it to connect to the Internet. Check with your network administrator for more information.
• If you are at home or your work network does not have an Internet connection, you can use a modem to connect to the Internet via phone lines. The faster the modem, the better off you are. The fastest dial-up connection that most common Internet service providers (ISPs) support is 28,800. If you need a faster connection and your ISP supports it, you can install an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line to your house.

Next, you need to connect to a host computer unless your Macintosh is directly connected to the Internet.

• If you are at work and your computer is attached to a network that has Internet access, check with your network administrator for more information.
• If you are at home or your work network does not have an Internet connection, you need to contract with an Internet service provider (ISP). ISPs have many levels of services. Look in local newspapers and magazines, Internet magazines, and talk with friends to determine what type of service you need.

Finally, you need Internet software so that your Macintosh can communicate with the Internet.

• MacTCP/IP and TCP/IP are control panels from Apple Computer Inc. that enable your Macintosh to send and receive information. Your ISP or administrator will give you the information you need to configure these control panels correctly.
• MacPPP (Point to Point Protocol) is a freeware connection package that enables your Macintosh to communicate with your ISP. If your ISP does not support PPP connections, you may need to use SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol). However, it is best to find an ISP that supports PPP connections, because it is newer and offers better error correction and more features. Your ISP or administrator will give you the information you need to configure MacPPP correctly.

Reporting bugs

To report bugs, send mail to msmacimn@microsoft.com, or simply open the "Reporting Bugs/Suggestions" message in the Inbox and click the Reply button on the tool bar.

Please include:

• System configuration information
• Version of operating system
• Type of Macintosh
• Type of connection to the Internet
• Steps that lead to the bug. For example:
  1. Start Internet Mail and News.
  2. On the File menu, choose Open.
  3. Click the Cancel button.
  4. Result: Nothing happens.
• Any other information that will help us reproduce the bug successfully.

Although you will not receive a response via e-mail, all bug and suggestion reports will be read and evaluated by a Quality Assurance Engineer. Thanks for your help.

Registering

Register Microsoft Internet Mail and News free of charge at our online registration site. If you still have a beta copy of Microsoft Internet Mail and News, discontinue using it at this time. For more information, see the Product Support page for more information.

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