John....that same thing used to happen to me. It doesn't any
more. I believe it was related to using cut & paste when
creating the filters. I no longer try and use cut & paste and
haven't had the problem since I stopped.
Alan
John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > I've used several different versions of Netscape mail in Winblows and
> > Netscape mail in Linux with good results, although I have to admit my
> > favorite is version 3.04.
> >
> Good...maybe you can help me with MY Netscrape problem -- I can't use the
> filters, 'cause every time I delete and re-create the filters, it grunges 'em
> and keeps saying something about "null child passed to XIManageChildren" and
> gives me a blank filter list that won't let me create or edit any filters. I
> can create 'em the first time, but afterwards, if I try to pull them up to edit
> them, it gives me that error, and then filters won't work thereafter. How do I
> edit filters and get 'em to work????
> Thanks...
>