On 15/08/02 13:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Replied As Follows: --- Original Message ---
> I found 7.0 PR1 awful, deleted it, and went back to using 4.73. The > former took eons to load and frequently locked up. Four seven three > however is rock solid. > > > > On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 18:48:26 GMT, Chris I <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>Richard spoke thusly: >> >>>After having 4.73 crash one too many times, decided to try a newer >>>version. >>>Loaded up 6.2 >>>Ran into various issues, including having 6.2 forcibly try to create new >>>id from old id using C: drive without asking or giving me a choice to >>>use a different drive. Very poor. >>>So instead decided to create new id, and try to point 6.2 to where all >>>of the 4.73 info was. This took some doing, as it was anything but >>>intuitive. Have now managed to set up mail, with access to existing mail >>>from 4.73. >>>However, there does not appear to be a way to point to my 4.73 bookmark >>>file. >>>Also, there does not appear to be a way to point to my 4.73 address >>>book. So in this case I found the import option, and tried to import my >>>address book from 4.73. The result was that only part of the address >>>book converted over. Several of the groups in my personal address book >>>did not port. So I went back to 4.73, did and export to an ldif file, >>>and tried to import the ldif file into 6.2. Got slightly different >>>results, but still did not get the entire address book. >>> >>>Any assistance regarding address book, bookmarks, other items, would be >>>appreciated. >>> >> >>Netscape 6/7 can not use the same profile as Communicator. They use >>different mail summary formats; the bookmark file names are different; >>and the address books are a different format. This is why it wanted to >>import your Communicator profile rather than use it. >> >>To specify a location for a new profile, use the profile manager to >>create a new profile. To migrate your info manually from Communicator to >>Netscape 6/7, go here: http://www.hmetzger.de/etips6.html#5 >> >>PS. Try Netscape 7.0 PR1, which is far better than 6.2. The final >>Netscape 7.0 should be out this month. > "Awful" is not a specific evalution term. Care to be more specific than just "awful" ? Visit the 7.0 user group at: snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.netscape7.windows And voice your opinion there along with some detail .. -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org ** Post To Group ONLY, do NOT email **
