[TriLUG] replacement for netscrape mail

[lfwelty]

mozilla is nice, but it doesn't do 'emacs' keybindings well...:_(
The old timer swear by mutt, but I can't be torn away from my gui...
- And it's too hard to learn, wah.

So, until my time has come, I'm stuck on netscape 4.79

Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> 
> 'the time has come,' the walrus said..
> 
> i've been using netscrape for my main browser on both linux and
> windows, and as my mua on windows, for years now.  i've got 4.79.
> i tried 6.0 when it came out, but it sucked so badly i fled the
> experience.
> 
> however, netscrape just doesn't cut it any more, so i need to
> upgrade to some more current integrated browser/mua solution,
> specifically on windows.
> 
> mozilla seems cool as a browser, but does it do mail?  how about
> other alternatives?
> 
> one big aspect is that i have several *gb* of mail archived in
> netscrape mbox+ format (mbox plus their .snm index file).  so
> whatever mua i move to needs to at least be able to handle the
> mbox files, and preferably the index files as well.
> 
> and lastly, the mua needs to be able to leave pop messages on the
> server, and keep track of its own pop state and not rely on any
> notion the server may have about which ones are new and which
> have already been downloaded.
> 
> so.. anyone have any suggestions?  will mozilla do it?  or opera?
> 
> tia!
> --
> #ken    P-)}
> 
> Ken Coar, Sanagendamgagwedweinini  http://Golux.Com/coar/
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