path for NS 4.79 shortcut to messenger lost

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path for NS 4.79 shortcut to messenger lost

Postby itsme » Wed 30 Nov, 2005 12:53 pm

All though i use NS 7 as default browser i still use NS 4.79 for emailing.
For whatever reason my entire settings where removed (perhaps by an auto update from Netscape/ Mozilla??)
I had no trouble to reinstall the in- and outgoing-mail settings and Messenger works okay, - BUT
i can't remember how i was able to have a direct shortcut on my desktop that opened the inbox right away.
The shortcut properties ask for a "destination path", but in NS 4.79 there is no "messenger.exe" file, there is only a "sendto32.exe" file, which is of course not what i want.
So, since i have had it working before, anyone in the knowing what that destination path for a shortcut to messenger is????
thanks for any hints
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Postby David Wonn » Fri 02 Dec, 2005 11:00 pm

netscape.exe -mail
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Postby Fulvio » Tue 13 Dec, 2005 2:58 pm

What David said is correct, but you should, obviously, have Communicator installed, then right click on the shortcut|properties| select Target line and add -mail, with one keyboard space before the -.
From now on you will be able to open that shortcut in mail.
What's wrong with the 7.x mail? 7.1 or earlier versions may not be so great, but 7.2 has been pretty stable.
As for possible autoupdates, it is up to you to allow them or not.
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