Re: Question on Netscape Browser 8.0.3.3

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Hi everyone,

I do not use netscape (but am considering them as an ISP), and I was told by
some people at netscape (both the ISP part and the browser part - 2 separate
entities) that the ISP part only has e-mail (which I know is true), but the
browser has both e-mail and newsgroup access. I downloaded the latest
netscape browser and it has a webmail tab, but after searching all over
(including googling, as well as the netscape help), I can find no
reference to a newsreader of any sort in the current version of netscape, or
to access to a news server.

Am I blind or am I missing something, or did the kids at netscape tell me
wrong. Is there some kind of built in newsreader in the netscape browser,
or does it provide some kind of access to a netscape newsreader that I can't
find. Please enlighten me. Thanks...Pete



This may not help, but Mozilla Firefox is based on Netscape and is an excellent browser. The email client is called Thunderbird and is excellent (but lacks some of the high end features of Outlook).
Good luck.



Pete...what I would like to do is get a new ISP and use OE for both my mail and newsgroups. If I get netscape as my ISP (for example) could I use thunderbird just as I am now using my OE with AT&T (which are compatible). I doubt it. So I guess I could just use netscape for the dial up connection (which is really the main purpose of an ISP) and collapse the screen and load thunderbird from the desktop icon. Would this be correct, or something like this.

Also, does thunderbird have a complete list of newsgroups, similar to what I now have with AT&T. And what is the connection between Firefox and Thunderbird (they are two separate downloads). I already downloaded firefox. If I download Thunderbird will it put itself as a mail tab or something like that in firefox, or is thunderbird a stand alone program.

Please try to shed some more light on this if you can. I have been used to IE/OE for the last five years which are compatible with AT&T, but I feel need to get a new ISP, and I am a little confused on how to do it. Let me ask a dumb question, could I put thunderbird in OE as a mail server and news server in OE accounts. Like I said netscape ISP has mail (which I could set up in OE), but no news.

Thanks for your help...Pete


Thunderbird is a newsreader and mail client,like OE. Firefox is a browser
like Internet Explorer. You will be able to open Thunderbird from Firefox.

Your access to newsgroups is usually provided my your ISP. Some have more groups than others. If you are using AT&T as your ISP then whatever groups they have will be the ones displayed. Many people subscribe to a news service other than the one provided by the ISP to get access to more groups and faster download speeds.

Is this the deal AOL is providing under Netscape's name? If so I've heard
that AOL's news servers aren't the best. At one time the rumor was that
AOL was going to stop providing news access. Maybe someone here can confirm
that.

gls858



gls858...thanks for your response. I have downloaded thunderbird as well as firefox, and it is not immediately obvious to me how to get at a news group list. Do I have to add a new newsgroup account (or can thunderbird provide one for me). If I have to provide one, where can I get the info (on the newsgroup) for all the stuff you have to type in. I am not clear on this. Right now it (thunderbird) has my mail account listed as AT&T (which will be gone if I drop them), but it has no newsgroup account. Why did it pick up the mail account from AT&T but not the newsgroup account from AT&T.

Like I said, I am considering having netscape as my ISP (which I guess is now owned by AOL), and netscape only has mail, no newsgroups. I would like one mail client to do both - I guess its just a matter of getting the account info for the mail and the news accounts and adding it into your client, but I am a little confused on how to do it, and where to get the info from (especially for the newsgroup part).

Pertaining to your question about an AOL deal and the AOL news servers, I know nothing about that, but like I said If I decide to download the netscape dialer (and use them as my ISP), it only has mail and no news, so maybe that's what you mean by AOL stopping news access.

Can you tell me exactly how/where I can get the info for a good news server that is free and will provide me a comprehensive list of newsgroups, and give me all the stuff I will have to type into the OE or thunderbird "add an account". Thank you...Pete



Under tools > accounts > click add new account
the account settings come from your ISP. Microsoft has it's own
news server that you can try. Click on add account and enter a
user name and e-mail address. I use a throw away account from yahoo.com so I don't get spam in my regular mail. Or you can
munge you're e-mail address as pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx I would not
recommend using your real address unless you want lots of spam.
Click next and enter msnews.microsoft.com click finish. You'll now have an entry in the folder list. Click on that and on the right at the top you will see manage newsgroup subscriptions.
Click on that and a window pops up and should download a list of
groups that you can select from. The process is the same for your
other news server you just need to get the info from your ISP.
For instance I use Verizon and their server is news.verizon.net
and it requires that I use a password. Look on the website of your current ISP and search for news, newsgroups or news server
to get the details you need.
Or post you're ISP here and maybe someone is already using them and can post the details.

gls858

Did a quick check of their site and I don't see any reference to a news server. A quick call to Customer service seemed to confirm. You might want to check, sometimes it's just a matter of getting a different person. Customer Service 866-541-8233.

There are free news servers. Google free news servers and you'll get more that you can imagine. I think I've seen people using this before http://www.teranews.com/ can't vouch for any of them. I use the one my ISP provides.

gls858
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