January 31st 2007

Tweaking our site mail features

Here at Netscape, we're constantly trying to improve the experience for all users, from casual visitors to hardcore community members. At the moment we're reevaluating some of the site mail features. While that's going on, we've decided to disable one feature in particular: the "All Mutual Friends" box in the Send a Message interface. Why? For one thing, we've gotten frequent complaints from members about spam. So we're looking for the best balance between social networking tools and potential headaches for the community. In two weeks we'll figure out whether to bring back the "All Mutual Friends" box, disable it permanently, or perhaps modify it. If you have any opinions on the issue or suggestions to make, feel free to message me. Your ideas are always welcome.

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10:02PMHomeGMan

I don't get spammed by the post-ers. When I've received msgs I didn't want, I let them know, and there were no problems. And with the option to "block" certain senders, I don't know where there should be a problem. For those who have a plethora of "friends" who regularly read similar stories, and generally vote the same way, it makes for a useful tool.

I would think that to block those who abuse the prvilege would be enough of a control measure, rather than abandon a useful tool entirely.

9:38PMlsg

I agree with Sherri. The old style address book was more intuitive..Our staff at http://www.lilsurfergirl.com refuse to upgrade. Not a terrible design, just requires a bit more thought...thanks

4:04PMHank

I too have been using Netscape as my primary browser since the first Netscape to hit the web. And I have encouraged my family and friends to do the same because I found Netscape faster, more secure (for sure) than IE, it has a full-featured email system, and it was faster. Howsomever, my Netscape 7.2 has gone downhill over the last two years for reasons I don't understand (maybe AOL has let it drift?). It now (2007) aborts on starting it with the popup that it can't read/write a memory address. If I restart it a few times it will finally come up again and ultimately will start up OK. I tried 8.0, .1, .2 and they are not good, mainly because they do not have the wonderful email that Netscape had been famous for. I could import email from almost any email address I have and Netscape mail would handle it perfectly. Bottom line is if Netscape 9.x doesn't have that good ole Netscape mail system, it's sayonara. In closing, I really liked the original Netscape home page a lot more than the 8.x series.

2:20PMRichard

You really MUST bring back the email server. I find myself searching for any other browser that has it. I love Netscape...always have but without the email server...I can't use it. Sorry

7:25AMDick Plumley

PLease bring back the sever based email that worked in 7.2. Eventually I'll use web based mail too, but don't make me change, give me choices. I have been using Netscape since version 1N and have been loyal. Now I have three browsers tabbed in my new Dell with the Vista OS and have Mozilla and Netscapes 7.2 and 8.12 on my desktop. As I look to the best browsing experience, Netscape has fallen off the lead considerably. Also Vista compatability is a must. Can you integrate a spell checker for situations like this?Why would a blog be a homepage unless by choice?Have a real homepage with a choice to blog. Make Netscape whole again.

11:50PMBob Kross

I have never used any other browser but Netscape. I could'nt wait to install the 8.1.2 version but went right back to 7.2 when I could not find any way to open my email other than to use webmail. Please, please, please allow the 8.1.2 or the new 9 version to open email like the 7.2 version does. I don't want Explorer or Mozilla. Netscape is #1 in my book.

1:41AMTom Moulder

My first internet provider came with Netscape - before IE was invented. I've been hooked and loyal. It has always been faster and more reliable - until just recently when I reinstalled everything on my computer - now 7.2 crashes whenever it tries to access a flash or simialr program. I bought the disk and book to upgrade to 8, but I couldn't find anything on email, so I assumed it was left off. It is admirable you are continuing upgrading the browser, but I would like to continue to forward my email from Yahoo to Netscape. Put the email back in 9! Probably wouldn't be sucha a problem escept I have thousands of emails stored in my Netscape folders... hmmm maybe it's time to start weeding them out.

12:27PMlorena welch

i'have used ns for years {have bellsouth but liked netscape better] but this new stuff jumping around is impossibly to see for older eyes. by the time i see what i want it is gone. give me back my email and stop flickering off and on

5:43PMJack Dailey

AMEN to the comments about difficulty with e-mail. I tried the Browser 8.1 but when I couldn't get my e-mail account transferred from 7.2 I gave up and uninstalled 8.1. Why in the world did you not include e-mail capability with the 8.1 Browser? Very cumbersome trying to juggle between 7.2 and 8.1. IE looking better all the time!

11:27PMnon-IE-user

Well it's been a good ride but it's time to get off of this horse and find a new one. Moving to FireFox/Thunderbird ... the NetScapre replacement. See you all there soon. AOL/Netscape just wrote their own Obit.

1:47PMdocshear

I am running NS 8.1.2 on my umpgraded Fat32 XP computer because the support on 7.2 ended. When XP updated last summer it started crashing NS 7.2 and causing the graphics settings to set to the safemode settings every time turnd it on. NS 8.1 does not have a mail server and no way to integrate the WONDERFUL NESTSCAPE Communicator functionalty that has grown over the years starting with NS 4.7 as part of my original Earthlink dial up acct. I want ot keep NS communicator as my email program because I hate the way AOL and Outlook function.
When will there be away to upgrade to a 8.1.x or 8.x or 9.0 version that will have an email program with the best overall funtionality of the NS communicator with my files transferred intact.

Doc

2:26PMejackson

did you ever find a way for those of us that lost mail in aug./06 to get our mail

11:01PMScottie

My Netscape keeps going down today (3/4/07) What is wrong. I had to switch over to Internet Explorer

8:05PMwcm

Problem with Netscape 7.2 today. I use the email in 7.2 everyday. Today when I went to access my email a strange box comes up regarding my acct settings. I just canceled out of it. I then could not open NS after that. I restarted the computer and NS still wouldn't open. I reinstalled NS7.2 and figured that would fix everything. Well I was able to then open NS 7.2, but when I went to access email, the acct was from an old ISP email acct I deleted last year before switching to earthlink. All my emails are gone, accept for the ones from my old ISP. My Earthlink acct settings in NS are gone. Address book gone. All emails I have recd since switching to earthlink 14 months ago are gone. I dont get it. I did not delete the acct. I simply reinstalled over the top as it was not allowing me to open it. Is there something I can do to restore? I did a windows system restore to yesterday when everything was fine. Did not work.
Thanks.

9:27AMToni Richardson

Two days ago I tried to open my netscape 7.0 browser to access my email. A screen popped up requiring me to sign up for a new account. I could not close the screen and access my email so I followed instructions. When completed, I could get new mail and my address book. I could not access my email history including unopened emails from the day before. Can anyone tell me how to access my old emails. Thanks.

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