First click on the Identity sub-category. The right hand side of the window will then show the Identity screen. Here you should fill in at least the Email address field. If your NetPERLs user name is foo, fill in foo@netperls.com here. Be sure to use all lower case letters, because the NetPERLs server cares about upper and lower case.

If your real name is Calvin Klein but your user name is foo, it is usually nice to fill that out in the Your name field. This way people who get mail from you will know it is from Calvin Klein, rather than just foo@netperls.com whom they have never hear of.

Next Click on the Mail Servers sub-category. Click on the Add button on the right of the Incoming Mail Servers box. This launches another screen. Enter mail.netperls.com in the Server Name field. Click on the button next to Server Type and select POP. Finally, enter your user name in the User Name field. If your user name is foo, enter just foo. Do NOT enter foo@netperls.com. We recommend that you also check the Remember password and Automatically download any new messages buttons. The Check for mail every 10 minutes is also a good setting. When done, click the OK button.

Next set up your outgoing mail server. Since NetPERLs does not provide dialup service, this setting will be strange. In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field, put the mail server of your dialup service provider. If you dial in to zippy.net and they tell you that their mail server is mail.zippy.net, enter mail.zippy.net here. Enter your user name for your dailup serves in the Outgoing mail server user name field. Do NOT enter mail.netperls.com in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server field. If you do this, you will get an error message when trying to send mail.

Through the wonders of internet mail, mail that you send out will be relayed by mail.zippy.net to wherever you want it to go. The Identity screen you filled in above will cause your NetPERLs address to be filled in the From: and Reply-To: fields, so returning mail will come to your NetPERLs email.