WebTV Setup Instructions

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1. From your WebTV home page, select "Setup" from the sidebar.
2. In Setup, select "Dialing".
3. From this dialing options page, choose "Use your ISP". If you do not have the "Use your ISP" option, contact Customer Care at 1-800-GO-WEBTV to activate OpenISP.
4. Read the information about OpenISP and select "Continue".
5. Continue reading, and select "Continue".
6. Continue reading, and select "Continue".
7. Enter Your ISP account info: Click the checkbox to activate OpenISP Enter "Harbornet.net" as the Service provider name Enter your login name and password.  Enter the Modem access number and an additional backup number (if available) Choose "Done"
8. WebTV hangs up and reconnects. Read the information screen and select "Use ISP".

9. Internet terminal connects to the WebTV Network. A confirmation screen will summarize your choice and provide you with the option to use your own ISP or use WebTV. Selecting "Use your ISP" will cause the WebTV Internet Terminal to redial using your ISP.

10. You're connected!

Setting up POP3 Harbornet.net mail

You may wish to setup remote mail on your WebTV terminal.  

To enable remote mail, you should:

1) Go into your Mail window.
2) Click on "Settings" on the left hand side.
3) Click on "Remote mail", then click "Continue".
4) Fill in the "POP3 User Name", which will be your Harbornet username. 
5) Fill in the "POP3 Password" with your Harbornet.net password.
6) Fill in the "POP3 Server Name" with "mail.harbornet.net" (without the quotes).
7) There's a checkbox for "Leave messages on server". You would normally want this unchecked.
8) Click "Done".

Now that you've setup remote mail, you will have a "Fetch" button on the left hand side of your mail window which will fetch your Harbornet email.

Troubleshooting

If you are having trouble getting it setup, you can contact Technical Support at 1-218-529-1102 

 

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