user manual

80Web & Email Setup
What information do I need?What information do I need?
What information do I need?What information do I need?
What information do I need?
Before you can set up your netBook, you will need to find out
some information about your modem and your Internet email
account by:
• Checking any documentation your ISP supplied about your
Internet account, or contacting your network administrator
at work.
• Checking your ISP’s Web site for technical support.
• Contacting your ISP by email or phone for technical
support.
• Checking the Psion Web site at “www.mobile.psion.com”
for details of worldwide ISPs and to use the ISP
configuration wizard.
Templates for popular service providers.
The PsiWin CD ROM contains ‘templates’ for popular Internet
Service Providers, including those in the UK, US and Germany.You
can use these templates to help you quickly set up your email
account.
Information checklistInformation checklist
Information checklistInformation checklist
Information checklist
The checklist overleaf shows what information you will need to
set up your netBook. Only your ISP or your network
administrator can supply all the information required about your
Internet email account.
Glossary of termsGlossary of terms
Glossary of termsGlossary of terms
Glossary of terms
Email
An email (Electronic mail) is a text message which is sent over
the Internet.
ISP
Internet Service Providers are companies which provide you
with access to the Internet. An ISP ‘account’ normally includes
the facility to send and receive email using a personal email
address.
POP3/IMAP4
Internet ‘protocols’ (standards) for receiving email.
SMTP
An Internet protocol used for sending email.
TCP/IP
An Internet protocol used by computers to communicate with
each other.
DNS
The Domain Name System is an address book which allows
computers on the Internet to find each other by using ‘IP
addresses’ and ‘Hostnames’.
IP address
A computer’s unique Internet address, e.g. “194.129.243.153”,
used by computers to communicate with each other.
Hostname
A human readable version of an IP address, e.g.
“www.psion.com” could be the same as the IP address
“194.129.243.153”.