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Posted by: michaelgoonan 2 years, 2 months agoNetscape will discontinue their web mail service effective August 19th [update: today August 25th]. Users will be transferred to AIM mail. Users' e-mail addresses will remain @netscape.net, but will no longer use the Netscape Mail service. The transition will increase inbox sizes from 250 MB to 2 GB, along with several other upgrades.
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TimALoftis
July 17, 2006, 5:43 p.m.I use AIM as my so called secondary e-mail address. Its much better than the old netscape.net service. You can also get free a AIM PHONELINE (a phone number)for inbound calls that you can either pick-up or let it go into your inbox if you are online. I think the plan that lets you make outbound calls starts at $9.95.
note: you must download the AIM software to be able to get a AIMPHONELINE.
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tomliotta
July 17, 2006, 8:13 p.m.Rats. There goes the only reason I've continued to use Netscape webmail... unless the fundamental problem with using the Netscape browser (or Mozilla) has been fixed.
If it hasn't, then "Good-bye, Netscape."
Can ANYBODY please explain why the recent Netscape webmail CANNOT open an e-mail item in the current browser window instead of opening a new window? If it would just open in the same window, it would be possible to click a link in an e-mail and select .
One of the MAJOR features of the Netscape browser is totally disabled for e-mail by this move.
What a waste. Don't you guys have any idea how your own products work?
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tomliotta
July 17, 2006, 8:16 p.m.Sigh, this won't even let me type in a comment correctly. My previous comment should have said "...and select [Open link in new tab]." But it dropped the bracketed clause.
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sepintx
July 17, 2006, 9:08 p.m.That is a nice e-mail FAQ from AOL. I knew you could configure for IMAP but I'd lost track of the instructions.
http://about.aol.com/faq/openmailaccess
Useful that.
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Jedi787Plus
July 17, 2006, 10:54 p.m.I hope the Netscape-to-AIM-Mail transfer doesn't affect my Webmail's folders (where I have lots and lots of messages saved, originally moved from the inbox).
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dannybones
July 18, 2006, 12:27 a.m.They say that your email address is yours for life. A couple of years ago, they took my email address away and gave it to someone else. Aside from that, I've no complaints (but that was pretty annoying - I hope that my personal information / passwords never got emailed to the person who was given my old identity!)
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sillydog701
July 18, 2006, 4:16 a.m.Somehow, I found Netscape Mail (WebMail) was better than AIM Mail. Easier to access, and the webpage displays faster.
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1-2-Oscar
July 18, 2006, 5:13 a.m.Everyone should have known this was coming when the Netscape home page was turned over to juvenile users.
I suspect that AOL had already made the decision to abandon Netscape (as a redundant portal), and have simply allowed Jason, Karina, and the Our Gang comedy kids to play with it for a while. If they can increase usage and revenue, fine. If not, well, we were going to close it anyway.
The mail service is too large and too intrenched to be simply abandoned, but it must be moved to AOL so that users can continue to access it when Netscape no longer exists.
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Karyyk
July 18, 2006, 9:06 a.m.Gmail people. If you're still using another e-mail service, it's time to get with the times.
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Shoshana
July 18, 2006, 9:33 a.m.Right, it's about time to quit Netscape, too many problems to access emails
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DenBlak
July 18, 2006, 10:10 a.m.OK,,,now they are scewing up our mail. I have one question,
Do I need a AOL Account to have AIM mail ?
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DrDash
July 18, 2006, 11:20 a.m.AIM Mail is free, and it is using the same "backend" as the old netscape mail howeveer the AIM Mail has had many more features for some time. I use it as a secondary address as well (and 3rd and 4th hehe) and it works very well and is very smooth, compared to the old netscape mail or any other free webmail (even Gmail) app I have used!
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ChristianZ
July 18, 2006, 12:03 p.m."Gmail people. If you're still using another e-mail service, it's time to get with the times."
Yeah, until Google itself becomes outdated.
"Do I need a AOL Account to have AIM mail?"
If you have a Netscape webmail address it will stay the same but you will just access it the same way as AIM mail users do. And, no, you won't need to be a subscriber to AOL's monthly internet service to use it.
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mergatroidal
July 18, 2006, 1:08 p.m.Everyone listen: just buy a Mac, and get an account with them going. Ten years from now you will be glad you got more familiar with the OS X because the boys and girls at Cupertino are going to change the personal computer industry.
I can not say more but to say Steve Jobs and his crew, within the next five, ten years are going to do to the personal computer that will change world.
One clue, and that's all I'll say. Think: Cyborg type model T-100's is the goal. Really. And this generation is going to start the ball rolling.
That's it; I gotta go ...
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BobBob
July 18, 2006, 1:54 p.m.Oh great! You do know that I left AOHELL for a reason, right? Now they are getting control of my email again! Geez!
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Shurdur
July 18, 2006, 2:57 p.m.Gee! We lost our homepage, now there goes the E-mail too Wonder how many users are going to have to turn to a technitian or a Computer Guru or a relative or someone else to straighten out this new blunder. I guess us "oldies" better go knit or sit in the rocking chair. The new generations are driving the automobile. Well it appears we have no choice "Again", so I just hope this goes smoother than the last transition.
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michaelgoonan
July 18, 2006, 3:19 p.m.Netscape mail isn't that good of a service anyway. Try Hotmail or Yahoo!
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MISSYBEE837
July 18, 2006, 3:36 p.m.i for one am tired of this ....... this new websight looks like the kids have gotten it.... now my email system is screwed up worse than the last time.... wonder how long I am going to stay... yahoo, can do much better it looks like.
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JasonCalacanis
July 18, 2006, 6:08 p.m.headline is misleading.. it's not discontinued, it's being upgraded.
we're moving folks from 250 meg to 2GIG and the much better AIM mail platform.
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michaelgoonan
July 18, 2006, 6:19 p.m.Yes Jason, that is noted in the summary, but my transferring services to AIM Mail, and not allowing anybody to sign up for Netscape.net mail anymore, you are, in effect, discontinuing the service. I'm not saying that it isn't an upgrade -- it clearly is, lots more storage, and an all around better service -- but I'm not going to sugar code it. Netscape mail is being discontinued.
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michaelgoonan
July 18, 2006, 6:21 p.m.my --> by** sorry, had to point out my mistake there. May I suggest edit buttons like they have on forums? I've had many times where I would really have liked that so far!
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dumb_n00b
July 18, 2006, 7:15 p.m.Netscape has officially turned into Fark.com without the entertainment.
/Cue Ha! Ha! Guy, Cliche Kitty, and "It's a trap!"
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