On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Will Lowe wrote: > On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Timothy Hospedales wrote: > > > Are you guys using Netscape 3.01? Thats the version that the netscape > > debian package is. I take it there are no newer versions of netscape for > > linux? > > There's a version of communicator for linux someplace, but I'm still > using 3.01 ... communicator is kinda bloated, and I really only want it > for the browser; I don't care about the mail interfaces, etc. ...
There is also an unbundled navigator in the filesystem at ftp.netscape.com /pub/communicator/4.04/shipping/english/unix/linux20/navigator_standalone/ navigator-v404-export.x86-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz > A word about the the "netscape debian package" -- redistribution terms on > netscape are screwy, so the package you found requires you to first > download the proper binary release .tar.gz file from ftp.netscape.com, > and the package installs it for you. I beleive that there is a > communicator installer-package probably in unstable. > > If you want a simple, powerful email/news client, I recommend pine. I agree, I have tried others since using pine, and they never seem to work as good as pine. > It's nonfree because you can't redistribute it for profit, but works > good, and runs really well in an xterm ... I use it because it's what we > use at school, and I can run it without X across a dialup link when I > have to. > > Will /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://homepage.midusa.net/~wpmills/ * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.sound.net/~wpmills/ * * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * ********************************************************************/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
