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07 Feb, 2009 5:01 pm Netscape 4.79 Question [sdp=95433]  
Please don't laugh at me, but I'm still using NS 4.79 as my mail client. I just did a fresh install on a new pc. Does anyone remember how to get Communicator (the email program) to start with a blank window rather then accessing aol?

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Fulvio
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08 Feb, 2009 1:55 pm [sdp=95439]  
Aside for the fact that this post should have been in the Communicator newsgroup, check you Preferences|Mail and Newsgroups|Start Mail, or something like it, and uncheck the box.


[profman moves this thread to Communicator Forum. 2/8/2008]

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08 Feb, 2009 11:27 pm [sdp=95440]  
There is no setting like that in 4.7x that I can find. I THINK there is a setting in prefs.js that has to be manually changed, I don't remember, I was hoping someone else would remember. Sorry for posting in the wrong area.

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geffr
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09 Feb, 2009 4:22 am [sdp=95441]  
I feel SO STOOPID! I just saw where Ramona answered this for me last April in another thread.

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14 Feb, 2009 10:24 pm [sdp=95496]  
and the answer was? ....

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15 Feb, 2009 2:11 pm [sdp=95502]  
jjssparkle wrote:
and the answer was? ....


From Ramona (14 threads below this),

"To remove that annoying page:

1. CLOSE COMMUNICATOR !!! This procedure will not work otherwise ...

2. Use the Windows Explorer file manager and go to your ~\Netscape\Users\{username}\ directory.

3. Find the file named prefs.js and make a backup copy. You can do this quickly in Windows Explorer by right-clicking prefs.js, choosing Copy, then right-click, select a folder for the backup copy, and choose Paste.

4. Use Notepad or another text editor to open prefs.js.

5. Add the following line on a line of its own:

user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);

You may wish to copy and paste the above line to avoid misspelling or a typo.

6. If you typed in the above line, verify that it is exactly as shown above. Errors will cause this to fail to work, and may result in a corrupted prefs.js file.

7. Close the text editor and save changes.

8. Restart Netscape."

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