Thanks for changing the subject - I ignore overly broad subjects like
"MOZILLA mail and news". Comments below.
Freya wrote:
>>> win98 lite etc) but what I am really wondering, is can you start the
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> mail UI
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>>> without starting the Web Browser interface?
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Prefs|Appearance!
> Won't that still load the webinterface but just open the mail part?
No.
>>> Also can you install say Gecko (the rendering engine) without installing
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> the
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>>> browser part of mozilla, and still run and use the mail part?
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No, you can't because the "Communicator" component currently also
includes the Navigator component.
It doesn't make too much sense to install no Navgiator, since it is
small (I guess 500K or less).
I agree that you should have the option. But making this work requires
someone to do the work. Netscape dosn't seem interested. So, it's up to you.
> I'm not sure what you mean by a system wide component,
Something that installs (at least in part) in system resources
(directories) and is accessible for all apps.
> So basically, you could install galeon or something similar, and then you
> could install the mail client without installing the Mozilla browser and
> they would both share the same gecko engine, and you could install Mozilla
> composer seperately and so on and so on.
The composer is required for Mailnews.
