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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: jandal on November 21, 2007, 02:28:10 PM
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I have an Intel Pentium 166MHz w/MMX computer and use Windows 98SE. Recently I installed Earthlink's WebMail to use for sending/receiving email after my Netscape 7 email program malfunctioned. But lately I notice that email messages are going to BOTH places and I am very confused because I am unable to reply or even print a message from Netscape. It seems as if the two email programs are competing with each other. Since I prefer using Earthlink WebMail, should I uninstall my Netscape 7 email program and hope that my messages would all go directly to Earthlink WebMail? Is there a risk in uninstalling? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
jandal
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I have no idea how you have Netscape set up but I see no point whatsoever in keeping it if you have an Earthlink account and your Earthlink mail is working, which it apparently is. I used Earthlink for 5 years or more until a change of telephone providers in the area forced me to change to EMBARQ.
You can access your Earthlink mail via their WebMail interface and/or receive your mail in an email client installed on your computer, such as Microsoft Outlook Express, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird.
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Netscape won't look for new mail until it's open.
If you're still using Netscape, so you have to open it, you can disable mail pick up, under account settings:
"Check for new messages at startup".