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Windows Setup

The minimum requirements and highly recommended system configurations for a Windows PC to connect to OptusNet are as follows.

Item Required Recommended Operating System Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 (Service Pack 4)/Windows 2000 Processor x486 Pentium Class RAM 16MB 32MB Hard Disk 56MB 90MB Modem 14.4k 33.6k or higher

Configure Netscape Mail for Windows Step 1 of 6 Open Netscape from the icon on your desktop. Click on the Edit menu located at the top of the window. Click on Preferences from the drop down menu. Step 2 of 6 Click Mail & Newsgroups located on the left side of the window. Place a dot next to Fixed width font. Place a tick next Remember the last selected message. You may or may not place a tick next to Play sound when message arrive and Confirm when moving folders to the trash depending upon your personal preferences. Step 3 of 6 Click the plus sign next to Mail & Newsgroups. A series of options will be displayed. Click once on Identity. Type your name in the Your Name field located in the right hand side of the window. Type your email address in the E-mail Address field. Your address will take the form username@subdomain.optusbiz.com where username is your OBIM username and subdomain is an unregistered company identifier (or username@domain where domain is your registered company domain name). Enter the address in lower case letters. Step 4 of 6 Click on Mail Servers in the left hand pane. In the right hand side of the window located in the bottom half is an area titled Outgoing Mail Server. In the first box labelled Outgoing mail (SMTP) server enter mail.optusnet.com.au. Enter this address in lower case letters. Note - aushealth.biz customers should use mail.aushealth.biz instead (for both the incoming and outgoing mail server). In the box labelled Outgoing mail server user name enter your OBIM username in lower case letters. For the option Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or TLS for outgoing messages select Never. Click the Add button located on the right edge of the window towards the top. Step 5 of 6 Enter mail.optusnet.com.au in the Server Name field. Note - aushealth.biz customers should use mail.aushealth.biz instead (for both the incoming and outgoing mail server). In the Server Type field click on the drop down arrow and select POP 3 Server. Type your OBIM username in the User Name field. You may wish to tick Remember Password. If you want Netscape to automatically check for and download your email, place ticks in the respective boxes and set the frequency in minutes that you want your mailbox checked. Click the OK button. Step 6 of 6 Netscape is now configured to access your OBIM email account. Click the OK button. End of Configure Netscape Mail for Windows

Configuring your email program

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Create new identities for Microsoft Outlook Express 5.
Microsoft Outlook 97 email.
Microsoft Outlook 2000 email.
Netscape Messenger 4.x email.
Microsoft Exchange email.