The FirstClass® Client is the software you use to manage email at MSAD# 71.

The following tutorial provides instructions for installing the client at home.

·         Click on the following link or paste it into the location window of your web browser: http://www.centrinity.com/clientdownloads/

·         Choose the version you wish to install

·         If you already have the FirstClass client installed on your  computer and are only upgrading to the latest level, you  must first quit the FirstClass client if it is running on  your computer.

·         If you are already using FirstClass and are simply updating  your software, you may see a popup window that reads "A  Personal Post Office Already Exists"  You should click "NO"  when prompted, "Do you wish to replace?"

      It is not sufficient to simply close all of the windows in FirstClass. To quit, right-click on the FirstClass icon on  the system tray (next to the clock) of your taskbar. From  the menu, choose "exit." Repeat until there are no  FirstClass icons on your system tray of your taskbar. See image:
 

·         When the download has completed, minimize your web browser  and double-click on the "fc708us.exe" icon which is on your  desktop. This will launch the installer program.

·         At the "Welcome" screen click on "Next". When prompted, choose "Typical Installation".

·         We recommend that you accept the default installation folder  to be "Program Files\FirstClass" in the root of your current  drive and click on "Next". If you wish, you can use "Browse Choose Folder" to change the drive and folder in which it  will be placed.

·         Click "Next" once again and the FirstClass Client program  files will be installed onto your computer. Once this has  completed, click on "Finish".

   You should notice a new icon on your Desktop named  "FirstClass Client."

·         You must first be connected to the Internet prior to logging  into the FirstClass Server. You will do this by either  logging onto your local Internet Service Provider "ISP" or  by using a direct full time network connection that allows  you access to the Internet. Hide your desktop application windows as needed.

·         To log into the FirstClass Client, go to your Desktop and  double-click on the "FirstClass Client". The "Login" window  will appear.

·         If the "Address" field at the top of the window is not home.fc, click on the arrow and change it to home.fc. Next  click on the "Set Up" button. You will only need to enter  two fields: your User ID and the "Server".

The server for MSAD71 staff is:   fc.msad71.net

The server for the 7^th grade laptop program is: middlemaine.org

·         Type your login name into the "User ID" field of the Login  screen and click on "Save".

·         Each subsequent time you launch the FirstClass Client you  will need to enter only your password and then click on the  "Login" button.

·         You may delete the file "fc708us.exe" from your Windows  desktop once the FirstClass Client program is installed.

·         To run the FirstClass Client, double-click on the new  "FirstClass®" Icon which should now be on your desktop.  The  "Login" screen will appear.

·         Each subsequent time you Launch the FirstClass client you  will need only to enter your password and click the "Login"  button.