SillyDog701

[geffr]

Please don't laugh at me, but I'm still using NS 4.79 as my mail client. I just did a fresh install on a new pc. Does anyone remember how to get Communicator (the email program) to start with a blank window rather then accessing aol?

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[Fulvio]

Aside for the fact that this post should have been in the Communicator newsgroup, check you Preferences|Mail and Newsgroups|Start Mail, or something like it, and uncheck the box.


[profman moves this thread to Communicator Forum. 2/8/2008]

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[geffr]

There is no setting like that in 4.7x that I can find. I THINK there is a setting in prefs.js that has to be manually changed, I don't remember, I was hoping someone else would remember. Sorry for posting in the wrong area.

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[geffr]

I feel SO STOOPID! I just saw where Ramona answered this for me last April in another thread.

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[jjssparkle]

and the answer was? ....

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[geffr]

and the answer was? ....

From Ramona (14 threads below this),

"To remove that annoying page:

1. CLOSE COMMUNICATOR !!! This procedure will not work otherwise ...

2. Use the Windows Explorer file manager and go to your ~\Netscape\Users\{username}\ directory.

3. Find the file named prefs.js and make a backup copy. You can do this quickly in Windows Explorer by right-clicking prefs.js, choosing Copy, then right-click, select a folder for the backup copy, and choose Paste.

4. Use Notepad or another text editor to open prefs.js.

5. Add the following line on a line of its own:

user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);

You may wish to copy and paste the above line to avoid misspelling or a typo.

6. If you typed in the above line, verify that it is exactly as shown above. Errors will cause this to fail to work, and may result in a corrupted prefs.js file.

7. Close the text editor and save changes.

8. Restart Netscape."

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