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Old 10-14-2003, 01:27 PM   #1
podollb
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Netscape Mail


I am new to Linux and have been using Microsoft Outlook for many years and the one thing I was concerned with was finding a suitable and reliable email client and I have tried a few like evolution and sylpheed and now have been liking Netscapes builtin mail. I have three questions:

Is there any reason not to use that (bugs or opionons)?

Is the mail process able to be run outside of netscape (as of now I have to start netscape and then start the mail program)?

How do I go about backing up my files (and will backing up the folder the reside in, which I think is .mozzilla..., be a seemless recovery if I had to restore it)?
 
Old 10-14-2003, 01:33 PM   #2
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You should be able to just add the " -mail" arguemnt when it is run.

You may also be interested in hte Thunderbird project. It is an e-mail only offshoot from Mozilla which is based on the same code as netscape. For more info:
http://www.mozilla.org
 
Old 10-14-2003, 06:51 PM   #3
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I have to add to what david_ross said...

Mozilla rocks man. I love Firebird and Thunderbird. I like Firebird much more than full blow Mozilla.

Check them out...


http://www.mozilla.org/products/firebird/
 
Old 10-14-2003, 08:58 PM   #4
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I have both firebird and thunderbird and they look like spitting images of netscape and netscape mail (thunderbird is identical to a T to netscape mail)
 
Old 10-15-2003, 10:05 AM   #5
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even in windows i dont use Outlook, i use either Netscape Mail or Thunderbird. I think that Thunderbird is one of the best mail clients out there, and thats only the 0.2 version
 
Old 10-15-2003, 10:54 AM   #6
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Quote:
Originally posted by podollb
I have both firebird and thunderbird and they look like spitting images of netscape and netscape mail (thunderbird is identical to a T to netscape mail)
That is because Netscape uses the mozilla code to make netscape.

Why not use the real deal...? Not a crapped up version made by netscape.

Mozilla products are where it's at


And how about NCSA Mosaic? Remember that?

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/

Funny...
 
Old 10-15-2003, 11:28 PM   #7
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Jeez....I remember NCSA mosaic. The last version I used was the last one that would work with OS/2 2.1 (I can't remember the release number--2.0 I think). It was pretty powerful at the time, and fast too--even for a 2400 connection (remember that? ). As a matter of fact, I think I still have a version of it zipped up somewhere on a floppy!
 
  


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