Enter 2 to send mail or 1 to read incoming mail. This form of e-mail is typical of earlier mail systems. All of the work is done on a central computer . The screen below taken from a PC is the window of a program called a terminal emulator or simulator. Mainframe systems were written in a time when the only devices available were terminals which consisted of a keyboard for input and a screen to display output.
Browsers now contain e-mail functions.
This richness is an advantage for the experienced user but can be the source of great confusion for the novice user. In order to illustrate the options that must be specified correctly for the POP or Imap client to function properly we will refer to the Netscape 3.0 mail feature. The mail feature is found the drop-down menu of the W indow item on the Netscape menu bar. This is illustrated below. The source of confusion for novice user is to be found in the configuration options in the drop-down menu item M ail and News Preferences under O ptions in the menu bar.