US Netizen E-mail 2757.272164 Megabytes

Shortly after signup, we create an e-mail account for you. Follow these instructions for getting started. E-mail addresses include either @usnetizen.com or @usnetizen.net. Your e-mail address is the same as your dialup username. These two e-mail domains are accessed from different logins:

If your e-mail address includes @usnetizen.com:

Log in here: http://mail.google.com/a/usnetizen.com/

You must log in to activate the account.

If your e-mail address includes @usnetizen.net:

Log in here: http://mail.google.com/a/usnetizen.net/

You must log in to activate the account.

After you have logged in and accepted the agreement, you can try the Lite version of US Netizen webmail. It's much faster because it leaves out some features such as spell checking. Try it. We optimized it for dialup. This currently only works if your address includes @usnetizen.com.

As an added bonus, this doesn't show up as gmail.com in your access logs. If your office or school has blocked acess to gmail.com, this will let you access your webmail at work or school and they will never know.

This version also works better with MegaBoost. Using the built-in MegaBoost statistics, the Lite webmail achieves a savings ratio of 7.18 while the full webmail achieves 4.19. (Opera 9.02). In order for MegaBoost to work with Litemail, use the http: address, not https:

Secure Lite Webmail

Use Secure Lite WebMail! All traffic will be encrypted making it impossible for anyone to intercept and read your e-mail. MegaBoost will not accelerate anything using secure lite mail.

Username Changes

The e-mail system does not support underscores "_" as a part of the username. If your your dialup username has an underscore, we changed your e-mail address by removing the underscore. For example, if your username is "tom_mary usnetizen.com," we renamed your e-mail adress to "tommary usnetizen.com.

The username changes do not affect dialup login. This is only for e-mail.

New Features

US Netizen mail has a boatload of great features. Here are a few:

• over 6 gigabytes of storage
• State of the art webmail
• Effective spam and virus filters
• Completely searchable
• Customizable rules for forwarding or filing incoming mail
• Calendar with alerts to email or your cell phone
• Accessible using Outlook and almost any other e-mail client.

You can take a tour at: https://mail.google.com/mail/help/tour/start.html Most features described for Gmail will work for US Netizen e-mail. 

An extensive Help and Feature list can be found at: https://mail.google.com/support

POP3 Access

If you use Outlook or something similar, we have non-standard settings, so please follow these instructions carefully.

First, log into your webmail and enable POP3 access within your Gmail account by following these instructions: Enable POP3.

Second, make some changes to your email program. These are the basic settings:

The server settings require a secure connection (SSL).
Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.gmail.com
Incoming (POP3) port: 995
Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
Outgoing (SMTP) port: 465

Detailed instructions for all email programs can be found at: POP3 E-Mail Client Configuration

Please note that these instructions refer to nanowoodward@gmail.com. Use your email address in place of nanowoodward@gmail.com.

Problems and Limitations

Webmail requires javascript and cookies to be enabled. If you're receiving an error message that says, In order to login to Gmail, your browser must be set to allow javascript to set cookies, we suggest the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer, and click Tools along the top of your browser window.
2. Select Internet Options... and click the Security tab at the top of the dialog box.
3. Click Trusted sites, and then click Sites...
4. Enter the following sites in the Add this Web site to the zone field:
   
   • https://www.google.com
   • https://mail.google.com
   • http://b.mail.google.com
     
5. Click OK to save your changes.

Norton Antivirus

If you have Norton Antivirus and use Outlook Express or something similar, you need to disable e-mail scanning.

Importing your Contacts

Follow these instructions for importing your contacts.

Mailto: Links

In order to get mailto: links to work in webmail, you'll need some extra software. Read these instructions.