BTW, thanks to the $750 million Microsoft paid to AOL/Time Warner (now
only Time Warner), AOL has made it sure that the AOL program will not
run in Linux. NoMatterWhat.
Many AOL users are forced to stay with AOL (and thus Windows) because of
their e-mail account.
Neither Mozilla nor Thunderbird (or any other e-mail agent) does AOL
mails. However, there is one except: Netscape. With Netscape 7.1, you
can create and operate an AOL mail account. And it is actually much
more convenient to do AOL mail via Netscape/Linux than using AOL's own
webmail method.
However, there is a caveat: If the AOL user has ever changed his/her
password, the current password may not work and the Netscape mail may
require a previous password. This is very weird, but it took me a long
while to accidently bump into the solution. And, Voila!
Another problem is, Netscape is not xft-enabled. If anyone knows how to
add fonts to Netscape, would very much appreciate your suggestions. wayne
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