From: Cap1MD@att.net   
      
   Robert Baer wrote:   
   >   If one has an older version of Netscape, installation of 7.2 seems to   
   > "bring across" the bookmarks reliably, usually gets the master e-mail   
   > account (but may not have all subfolders if old one had more than the   
   > "standard"), and may (or may not) get the newsgroups.   
   >   
   >   *NEVER* use the so-called Profile Manager, ever!   
   >   All it "lets" you do is add or delete; zero editing and zero options   
   > on creation of an account or whatever.   
      
   Clearly you don't understand the concept of profiles or the Profile   
   Manager very well.  You complain because it does exactly what its   
   designed to do.  It exists to create new profiles, delete old ones,   
   rename existing ones, and to allow you to choose in which profile to   
   open the program.   
      
   Anything else you mention is designed to be adjusted in the UI of   
   Netscape, opened in the profile, not in Profile Manger.   
      
   >   It totally destroys what ever customizing you had done on the web   
   > page, even if you had done nothing. The resulting browser page has so   
   > much junk on it (both on top and on the left) that one has about 60   
   > percent of window space left for actual web pages. And it totally   
   > diddles e-mail, newsgroups, etc & etc.  Worse than a virus.   
      
   Of course it does.  If you create e new profile, you're basically   
   starting over. You get Netscape out of the box, as it were.  If you want   
   to get your old settings back, use Profile Manager to open in the   
   original profile.  Then customize View settings to get rid of unwanted   
   toolbars and the sidebar if you don't like it.  The next time you open   
   in  that profile, those settings will be remembered.  Create a new   
   profile, and you get the default settings again.   
   >   
   >   If you un-install and then re-install, do not expect anything better   
   > than before, it will be a worse set-up and newsgroups will be totally   
   > gone. You will have to start from scratch. And when you do that, you   
   > *cannot* change the order! In NS4.75, one could "grab" one withthemouse   
   > and move it up or down - similar to re-arranging one's bookmarks.   
      
   Netscape is designed to allow you to upgrade to new versions without   
   losing all your settings.  An uninstall/reinstall does not touch the   
   profile.  The new installation looks for an existing profile, and, if ti   
   finds it, uses it.  Again, you seem to have created a new profile and   
   you don't like it.  Well, either customize it to your liking in the UI,   
   or go back to the old profile.   
   >   
   >   To get any sanity, one must do a complete un-install and leave nothing   
   > behind (well, some stays anyway).   
   >   This allows the re-install to get the bookmarks and one e-mail   
   > correct. Other e-mail accounts must be done one at a time, and   
   > newsgroups *must* be done from scratch. Subscribe in the exact order   
   > that you want them listed, period.   
   >   
   >   And forget Norton Anti-Virus checking of your e-mail.   
   >   
   >   Other than having to jump a lot of hoops and take a lot of sass, NS7.2   
   > (after one gets all working OK) seems better than 4.75 or 6.2 .   
      
   Well, If ff you are allowing 7.2 to import settings from NC4.x, one   
   email account is all your going to get.  One of the big limitations of   
   old Netscape versions is that each profile could only have one email   
   account set up.  To get more, you needed more then one profile. 7.2   
   allows for multiple email accounts but any other then the one that was   
   in the original NC profile will have to be set up manually.   
      
   While multiple mail accounts is one of the many great advances in 7.2,   
   there are features in 4.x that are not present in the new version.   
   That's because its not really a new  version.  It is a new program,   
   completely redesigned from the ground up.  There is no code in common.   
   Reordering newsgroups  within an account is one of those feature.   
   However, it can be done, and done quite easily, by editing the account's   
   .rc file in the profile.  I'll post more complete directions if you are   
   interested.   
      
   I haven't used Norton AV in quite a while, but people do use it   
   successfully with NS.  I do use AVG, and it scans both incoming and   
   outgoing mail with no problems.   
      
   Lee   
      
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