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Called "AOL Communicator," the new software bundles a beefed-up version of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and an address book with an e-mail client...
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AOL Communicator harkens back to a similar product developed by AOL subsidiary Netscape Communications--but with some key differences. Netscape Communicator bundled its Web browser with an e-mail client, a Web authoring tool and newsgroups, among other applications. The latest version of the Netscape browser still comes packaged with some of these applications, such as an e-mail client.

Unlike Netscape Communicator, however, AOL's new integrated e-mail product is not browser-based. It also focuses more on having the e-mail client collaborate with other software applications.
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For more detail, please read AOL tests standalone e-mail product (ZDNet)

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Called "AOL Communicator," the new software bundles a beefed-up version of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and an address book with an e-mail client...
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AOL Communicator harkens back to a similar product developed by AOL subsidiary Netscape Communications--but with some key differences. Netscape Communicator bundled its Web browser with an e-mail client, a Web authoring tool and newsgroups, among other applications. The latest version of the Netscape browser still comes packaged with some of these applications, such as an e-mail client.

Unlike Netscape Communicator, however, AOL's new integrated e-mail product is not browser-based. It also focuses more on having the e-mail client collaborate with other software applications.
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You beat me to it . I have been testing for a couple of weeks. I have not figured out what or how it opens its link into, but it works fairly well for a new thing.
Most interesting if to read contributions to the web board. A lot of people feel that it is a waste of time. What else would you want if there is OE?
Which goes to show you.

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[Antony]

Another related news...
New 'Communicator' Threatens Netscape's Future (BetaNews)

AOL this month debuted in beta form a standalone e-mail client bundled with a new version of AOL Instant Messenger and an address book, a package collectively dubbed AOL Communicator.

Code-named Photon, Communicator has been in development for close to two years, although AOL has made no decisions on how to market the product. But sources say a faction of the company is pushing for Communicator to succeed Netscape, which has all but disappeared from users' screens.

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"Communicator is targeted to heavy users of AIM and advanced users of e-mail," AOL spokesperson Catherine Corre told BetaNews.

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AOL has enabled encrypted instant messaging for the first time with Communicator. Users can secure IM conversations using standard digital certificates in the same fashion used for e-mail.

Improving on the Netscape address book, IM buddies can be associated with stored contacts and given "Friendly Names" in Communicator. This integration allows the instant messenger client to notify a user when mail is received from a buddy, or send mail to an offline contact.

Despite their overlapping feature sets, AOL has developed Communicator independent of Netscape. But resurrecting the Communicator namesake -- Netscape's former moniker -- for the new product suite may not be coincidental. Initial plans plotted AOL Communicator as a potential substitute for Netscape, however the release of Netscape 7 in August ushered in a much improved browser suite built on the final version of Mozilla.

Sources at AOL tell BetaNews a rift has formed between those supporting the old Netscape brand and backers of Communicator as a Netscape replacement.

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"A lot of these features would be useful to AOL customers," Corre said. "But it's too early to comment on a final outcome."

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