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From: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org>
To: nadav@barcode.co.il, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Netscape mail composer "out of memory"
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> I have a weird problem with Netscape (both 3.0 and 3.01 gold). When 
> attempting to send a mail message (right after hitting the "Send" button) 
> Netscape gives the error: "Netscape is out of memory. Try quitting some 
> applications...". I have this on two 2.1.6R machines, both have enough 
> memory (one of them has 48MB real mem + 100MB swapfile).
>
> Does anybody know what went wrong here?

I think it's some incompatibility between BSDI and FreeBSD versions
of NIS.  I assume you're using NIS[+].

As a work around, you can create local accounts for the users that
*must* have the Netscape mailer.

You might also try using the Linux version of Netscape in Linux
compatibility mode.  I have yet to try this.

Dan Eischen
deischen@iworks.InterWorks.org