From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 15 15:46:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id PAA07228 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:46:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id PAA07223 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 1997 15:46:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA07811; Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:15:15 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199701152345.KAA07811@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Netscape and NIS In-Reply-To: from Phil Gilley at "Jan 15, 97 09:51:27 am" To: pgilley@metronet.com (Phil Gilley) Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:15:13 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Phil Gilley stands accused of saying: > > I've posted this for several reasons. First, as a sanity check to make > sure I'm not completely off base here. Also to document a possible > solution for others who have this problem. And finally to help plead > the case for a native FreeBSD version of Netscape. I think that the only "other" solution to your problem would be to use a different POP mailreader (XFmail, exmh, etc.). I appreciate that this is not necessarily a practical answer in your case. As for a native Netscape; there are many people who would agree that this would be a very desriable thing, and it's not for want of trying that nothing has happened. If Netscape for FreeBSD would help you lots, I'd suggest telling Netscape that you would spend money on it; there are already any number of BSD developers that have offered to do the port gratis, what can only be missing are customers. Likewise if you run Netscape's commercial webserver products; tell them that you want a FreeBSD-native version. _Note:_ that the next major versions of Netscape's products for BSD/OS will be dynamically linked, and _will_not_ run on FreeBSD. This means Netscape 4, etc. > Phil Gilley -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[