From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 22:56:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from pioneernet.net (pop3.pioneernet.net [208.240.196.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0225637B807 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:56:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chip@wiegand.org) Received: from wiegand.org [208.194.173.26] by pioneernet.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.03) id AE7CD4A801C8; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:09:00 -0700 Message-ID: <3998DBD9.FA1816DC@wiegand.org> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 22:57:46 -0700 From: Chip X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.74 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lehey Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Netscape, may be off topic References: <3998935A.720FC3BB@wiegand.org> <20000815103154.B3999@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3998A282.CB2B194B@wiegand.org> <20000815113359.C3999@wantadilla.lemis.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks, I'll be checking out your site real soon. I appreciate the tip. Chip Greg Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 14 August 2000 at 18:53:06 -0700, Chip wrote: > > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > >> On Monday, 14 August 2000 at 17:48:27 -0700, Chip wrote: > >>> Am I mistaken or does Netscape for FreeBSD not support multiple > >>> profiles? > >> > >> I'm not sure if I understand the question. The simple answer is, I > >> suppose, "no". But I looked for "profile" in the Microsoft version > >> and I couldn't find anything there either. > > > > Turns out the answer is no. In the Microsoft version of Communicator, I > > > > don't know about Navigator, there is a Profile Manager, on the Start > > menu > > with Netscape. > > This allows one person with more than one email address to start > > Netscape > > with a menu of profiles to choose from. For example, I have email > > addresses > > chip@wiegand.org and admin@wiegand.org. In the winblows version I can > > set up a profile for each address independantly, then I get a menu > > where I > > choose which profile I wish to use. It's really quite convenient, and > > too bad > > it's not supported in the BSD version of Netscape. > > No, this is a feature, not a bug. The Microsoft "profile" idea is > just a workaround for lacking functionality in the "operating system". > The answer's simple: you have a user admin, and a user chip. I'd be > surprised if you find any other mailers with multiple profiles. > > >> I assume the idea of profiles is to allow multiple people to use the > >> same Netscape. Under FreeBSD, we do that by giving each person a > >> separate login and home directory, so the problem doesn't arise. > > > > I guess I'll have to set up differant logins for myself, or find a > > differant > > email program. Any suggestions? > > Anything except Netscape. Look at the mess it made of your message. > I assume you didn't really intend it to look like this. I have a > number of suggestions at http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html. > > Greg > -- > When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. > For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html > Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > See complete headers for address and phone numbers -- Chip W. www.wiegand.org Alternative Operating Systems To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message