> JP> The first two problems have to do with retaining configuration
>
> I used to use KMail, but it was always problematic. Then I used

I was thinking that the next step was to use GNOME, only this install
doesn't seem to have it. I have to open the install disk to see if GNOME
is there.

> JP> My second problem has to do with Konq as a file manager.
>
> Yep. As far as I have been able to figure out, that is an unalterable
> default in Konqueror.

Those guys must have been asleep. I hate the icon view, list view  
puts so many more items in view at one time.

> With Firefox and Opera as my primary Internet browsers, I use
> Konqueror primarily as a file tree, although I do perform a small
> amount of HTML editing with it, because that is convenient.

See my above about GNOME.
> KMail is the equivalent of a vintage Windows 3.1 MUA. It has been
> replaced by better tools. It still exists, is all.

Well, Suse 8.1 is not exactly ancient.
> On my Win98 installation, on my laptop, I still have CompuServe

Wow, I still have a 98SE disk but haven't installed it lately. Haven't
used CompuServe in a coons age. :-)

> DOS_CIM and WinCIM installed, and believe it or not, both still work
> for connecting with some of the older, non-Web CompuServe forums, and
> for sending and receiving email.

Yes, the term 'obsolete' is overused.

If it still works and it serves your needs it isn't obsolete. Unless  
of course
you need support and/or can't fix it yourself. :-)

Jim

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