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   aspasia to Ralph Fox   
   Re: 7.1 picks up my email...   
   22 Jun 07 06:51:01   
   
   On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:53:18 +0000, Ralph Fox <-@-.invalid> wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:32:02 -0700, in message ,   
   >aspasia wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> ...suddenly, instead of letting Forte Agent, my regular email client,   
   >> get the email.   
   >>   
   >> I don't know what brought this on!   
   >>   
   >> I had kept 7.1 on my desktop because of 8.x craziness.   
   >> Also when  sent an email on some issue from a Web site,   
   >> it would show up in my Mail & Newsgroups "Sent".   
   >>   
   >> Hope this isn't too confusing!   
   >>   
   >> I just want my emails to come into Forte Agent as before.   
   >>   
   >> Anybody know why they're showing up in Mail & Newsgroups?   
   >   
   >   
   >A.  Configure Netscape 7.1 NOT to automatically collect your email.   
   >   
   >    From the Mail & Newsgroups window, go to   
   >      Edit -> Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings -> (*select email account*)   
   -> Server Settings   
   >    and remove the check-marks from these three boxes   
   >   
   >      [ ]  Check for new messages at startup   
   >      [ ]  Check for new messages every [xxx] minutes   
   >      [ ]  Automatically download new messages   
   >   
   >   
   >B.  Do not ever click the "Get New Mail" button in Netscape 7.1.   
   >   
   >C.  Configure Netscape 7.1 NOT to collect your email, even when you do   
   >    (accidentally) click the "Get New Mail" button.   
   >   
   >    From the Mail & Newsgroups window, go to   
   >      Edit -> Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings -> (*select email account*)   
   -> Server Settings   
   >    and where it says   
   >   
   >      Server Type:  POP Mail Server   
   >      Server Name:  [                ]   
   >   
   >    add a ".invalid" to the end of the server name.   
      
   Bless you!  That did it.  Leaving your reply in case some other   
   poor soul can use the instructions.   
      
   Aspasia   
      
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