Netscape Mail v 3.0 Known Bugs? I'm on this list for my older 2/3/486's and I've had a constant freeze problem using Netscape v 3.0 on a P-90, 32MB RAM, Win95 A which I use for net research for these older PCs. It's really annoying to freeze every 30-45 minutes. And because of these constant freezes I use DOS ScanDisk /autofix set in autoexec.bat, which makes restarting a longer drawn out druggery. Anyone had similar experience with Netscape 3 or solutions? The number one problem I have is that the Mail app locks up my PC. I've noticed that a number of things can cause this. If I'm web browsing and if a new incoming mail message is waiting on the mail server before I "get mail", that can cause the freeze. If I'm reading a variety of long messages like this and other lists and trashing, reading new long messages from the Inbox, Outbox, Sent and Trash folders, creating new messages and the variety of mail reading tasks, when Netscape Mail reads data to display it, that causes the freeze. I notice that disk reading is what triggers these freezes. Scrolling can also cause this freeze as new data is read. This freezing doesn't occur in other non-Netscape applications, but then I don't spend as much time in other apps. Other non-mail actions have caused this freeze. If I open the address book or even more so, bookmarks, that can cause the freeze. There have also been freezes while web browsing, perhaps unrelated, but with error messages: MFC40.DLL (version 4.1.6139) NETSCAPE.EXE Some heavy Java pages crash the browser upon opening. Again, perhaps the browser freezes/crashes are separate from the mail freezes, but the mail freezes are much more frequent. In an hour of mail reading, perhaps regularly 1 or 2 freezes. Netscape Network Preferences for Cache are set at: Memory: 1024K Disk Cache: 5000K I've re-installed Netscape 3 times over the past year but that didn't solve the problem. I've moved all the Inbox messages to a different folder, deleted the Inbox and Inbox.snm files to allow Netscape to create a new Inbox, but that didn't solve the problem. Several months ago I replaced my power supply because I heard that an underpowered power supply would cause crashes. That didn't solve the problem. At work we also use Netscape 3 and have had similar, not the same, problems with the Mail app becoming corrupt and requiring the Inbox and Inbox.snm to be deleted. Although at work it doesn't freeze, but then at work I'm not performing the same activities reading, deleting, moving and organizing long mail messages for hours on end. QUESTION: Is this freezing problem a known bug with Netscape 3 Mail that other users also experience? Besides upgrading Netscape 3, is there a solution? *** |===| PACKARD BELL * Pack-Mate 386x *** * __|___|__ 386sx-16Mhz, 4MB, VGA-256k, DOS 6.22/Win 3.1 * * |_____==_=|~~ MY OTHER COUNTING BOARD IS AN ABACUS! * *** /#########\ [] Quote reply! * Adam * Alexandria, VA USA *** To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
