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iMac Configuration Guide

To access the Internet control panel, select Internet
in the Control Panels folder:

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When first using the Internet control panel, the default Internet setting is named "untitled." To rename this set, select Rename Set from the File menu:

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Type "Free-Internet" for the New Name then click the Rename button.

There are five sections of settings within a set: Personal, E-mail, Web, News, and Advanced. To begin editing these settings, click the disclosure
triangle next to Edit Sets:

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Personal - The personal section is where you enter information about yourself that will be used by Internet applications to identify you to other users. When you click the Edit Sets disclosure triangle, the following window is displayed.

 

E-mail - The E-mail section is where user name, password, mail servers and some common e-mail application settings are entered.

User Account ID : Tpye your Free-Internet User Name in the box.

Incoming Mail Server / Outgoing (SMTP) Mail Server : Type " pop3.free-internet.co.uk " in both these boxes.

Password : Type your Free-Internet password in the box.

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Web - The Web section is where you enter some common web browser settings:

Home Page : Type " http://www.free-internet.co.uk " in the Hope Page box.

Search Page : This can stay the Same.

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News - The News section is where you enter information used to access a news server. This information is used by your news reader application to retrieve news groups and postings:

News (NNTP) Server : Type " news.rapid.co.uk " .

Connect to news server as : Make sure that the button " Guest " is selected
(See below).

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After you have completed editing settings for Free-Internet, select Save Settings from the File menu., and then " Quit " from the file menu.

In your Apple Menu (usually top left), and click on Control Panels then " TCP/IP" ..

and the following screen should appear :-

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Then from the Apple menu, select Control Panel ... then Remote Access.

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Name : Place your User Name that you got, when you signed-up.

Password : Type Your password in this box.

 

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