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Macintosh
Specific Settings
MacOSX
Internet Control Panel
1.
Click on your Apple menu at the
top-left corner of the screen. Then click on System
Preferences.
2.
Double-click on Internet in the
window that opens up.

3.
The window entitled Internet should
open up and you should be under the iTools
tab. Unless you feel like signing up, leave the two blanks in this
window empty and click the Email tab
at the top.

4.
At the top next to Default Email Reader:
you may click on the drop-down menu and select which e-mail program
you would like. The screen shot below has Outlook Express choosen.
When you click on a mailto link on a webpage, Outlook Express would
open up. Enter the information below:
- Enter
your Mercury Network e-mail address in the first text field.
- Incoming
Mail Server: mail.tm.net
- Account
Type: POP
- User Account
ID: the first part of your e-mail address that comes before the
"@" symbol.
- Password:
the password for your e-mail account
- Outgoing
Mail Server: mail.tm.net
Click the Web
tab at the top.

5.
Select the web browser you want to use next to Default
Web Browser. The screen shot below has Internet Explorer
listed but you could select Netscape if your computer has it. Enter
the following information:
- Home Page:
http://www.mymercury.net
- Search
Page: http://www.mymercury.net or
the address of any online search engine.
Leave Download
Files To: alone unless you want files downloaded from the
Internet to go to a different folder than your desktop. Click the
News tab at the top.

6.
You may select a different News Reader
at the top if your computer has one. Next to
News Server, enter news.tm.net
and make sure a dot is next to Registered
User.
The
User Account ID is the first part of
your e-mail address that comes before the "@" sign. Enter
your e-mail password below that. After all desired changes have
been made, click the red X in
the upper-left corner of the window.

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