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Chapter 6 Preparing to Customize Mozilla Mail and News
The CCK tool includes two screens that specify default domain and server settings for new mail and news accounts created with your customized version of Mozilla. This chapter describes the information you need to have on hand if you want to customize these mail and news settings.
This chapter contains these sections:
Specifying Mail Domain and Server Settings
Specifying News Domain and Server Settings
Checklists for Customizing Mail and NewsSpecifying Mail Domain and Server Settings
Before specifying custom mail domain and server information, you should set up and test your mail server and confirm the settings described here.
The CCK tool allows you to specify the following mail domain information:
- Domain name. The default email domain that you want to appear in the Mozilla Mail account settings. For example, if you enter "myisp.net" in this field, Mozilla automatically appends each user's name with "@myisp.net" when your users set up their accounts. The domain name field also determines default domain values in the instructions that appear on the Identity screen of the Account Wizard, which leads users through the process of setting up their mail accounts.
- Display name. The mail account name that you want to appear as the Mail Folder in the left frame of the main Mozilla Mail screen. For example, "MyISP Mail".
- Mail provider. The mail provider name that you want to appear in the New Account Setup screen, where users are prompted to select the type of account that they would like to set up, such as a newsgroup, email, or Webmail. This screen includes a variety of options; choices include AOL and Mozilla accounts, so the more specific you make this text, the more helpful to your customer. For example, to be consistent with other choices on this account setup list, you might specify a name such as "My ISP Mail Account".
The CCK tool allows you to specify default settings for the incoming mail server. These settings appear in the Server Settings section of each new mail account listed under Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings. To view these settings in Mozilla:
- In the Mozilla Mail & Newgroups window, open the Edit menu and choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings.
- Click Server Settings.
These are the default Server Settings that you can specify with the CCK tool:
- Server name. The name of the incoming server. For example:
myisp.mail.net
- Port number. The port for the incoming server. The standard port number is 110.
- Server type. Choose POP or IMAP. If you choose POP, you can also choose to leave messages on the server even after the user deletes them in the Mozilla Mail program.
The CCK tool allows you to specify the default outgoing mail server. This setting appears in the Outgoing Server (SMTP) section under Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings.
To view the Outgoing Server (SMTP) panel:
- In the Mozilla Mail & Newgroups window, open the Edit menu and choose Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings.
- Click Outgoing Server (SMTP).
You specify only the Outgoing Server name with the CCK tool:
Specifying News Domain and Server Settings
The CCK tool allows you to specify the following News domain information:
- Domain name. Enter the default News domain that you want to appear in the Mozilla newsgroup account settings. Note that this domain name must be different than the domain name you used for Mail. For example, if your mail domain is "myisp.net," News domain of "myisp.news.net" would work, but "myisp.net" would not.
- The domain name field also determines default domain values in the instructions that appear on the Identity screen of the Account Wizard, which leads users through the process of setting up their mail accounts.
- Display name. The News account name that you want to appear near the bottom of the left frame of the main Mozilla Mail screen. For example, "MyISP News".
- Mail provider. The News provider name that you want to appear in the New Account Setup screen, where users are prompted to select the type of account that they would like to set up, such as a newsgroup, email, or Webmail. This screen includes a variety of options, so the more specific you make this text, the more helpful to your customers. For example, to be consistent with other choices on this account setup list, you might enter a string such as "My ISP News Account".
The CCK tool allows you to specify the following News server information:
- Server name. The name of the News server. For example:
myisp.news.net
- Port number. The port for the News server. The standard port number is 119.
To set up your mail account at this point, your customer must open the Edit menu, choose Mail & Newsgroup Account Settings, click on the New Account button, and then select your customized account option. After completing the customized account setup, the customer must click Set as Default button to make the new account the default mail account.
Checklists for Customizing Mail and News
The screen called Customize Mozilla Mail specifies the following:
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Last Updated October 05, 2001