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by joy

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whats going on with netscape today? opening email
goes to full page of their site. Looking at script i think its them universally? with a target tag in their html

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by thechas

I don't know what you ran into.

I just went and checked my netscape mailbox for the first time today (8:35 PM EDT 5/16) and had no problems.

I'm running Mozilla RC1 on XP Pro at the moment.

Chas

by joy

I am running 2000 and NT workstations (54) of them
and almost everyone of them started this yesterday. Netscape
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by thechas

Okay, I checked my Netscape mail this morning, and had no problems. Just went back into my Netscape mail from Navigator 4.79 on a W98 box.

Had no problem accessing my mailbox, or the Netscape main page.

Upon signing out of my mailbox, I got acouple of small pop-ups.

This is the text from one of them;

Signout

Thank you for visiting Netscape WebMail, a valued member
of the Screen Name Service network.

Access our partner sites with a single sign in!
See who else is in the Screen Name Service network.

I usually access my Netscape mail from K-Meleon (mail loads a LOT faster).
In either K-Meleon, or Mozilla, I have pop-ups disabled.

If you are still having problems, I would check for 3 things;

Virus
AdWare (www.lavasoftusa.com)
Spyware (http://proxomitron.org)(or go to www.samspade.org)

Chas

by thechas

Had an additional thought and comment.

What version of Java are you running? I have 1.3.1.02 installed.

Netscape mail also seams to work okay from IE 6.

If memory serves me correctly, Netscape 4.X is vulnerable to the recently reported security bug for Netscape / Mozilla.

I would consider switching to Mozilla RC2 for your browser and e-mail.
Netscape 6.X just is too bloated. It runs, and loads web pages way to slow for my tastes.
Also, Netscape 6.2 does not have a tool to import any Netscape 4.X mail files. Mozilla does.

K-Meleon runs even faster than Mozilla, but they are waiting for Mozilla's release before updateing the code.
Thus, they still have the security flaw.

Chas

by myweb

Most of the people who answered you were not aware of the significant part of your question. That is using Netscape Messenger to retrieve your email from your ISP NOT NETSCAPE MAIL. I am having that problem also and if anyone out there knows how to turn off the AOL Netscape redirect to http://channel.netscape.com/bookmark/messenger/ I know it has something to do with toolbar I see aol toolbar flash on the screen. I would appreciate the information so I can get rid of it.

I think it should be a third degree felony to take over someones computer without their express permission.

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