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Netscape Tips, Tricks and Secrets

Whether Netscape has been your faithful companion for years or whether you have just learned to love it, here are tips, tricks and howtos to help you get the most out of Netscape, the email program.
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Access Your IMAP Email Inbox Offline with Netscape
If you have an IMAP account, then I'm sure you appreciate how you can access it from anywhere and always see the latest mails. But what if you'll be without net access? Here's how to take your emails with you in Mozilla or Netscape nevertheless.

Add OpenPGP Email Security to Netscape
Send and receive encrypted and signed emails comfortably with Netscape and Mozilla.

Check for New Mail Periodically in Netscape
Stop hitting the "Get Msgs" button. Netscape or Mozilla can do that for you, automatically and comfortably.

Check the Spelling of a Message in Netscape or Mozilla
Don't let not using the Netscape or Mozilla spell checker be your biggest mistake.

Change a Message's Priority in Netscape
Set the right priorities in Netscape and Mozilla: change the priority level of the emails you send easily.

How to Create a Filter from an Existing Message in Netscape
Setting up a filter for future messages from the same sender is easy in Netscape.

How to Compact Folders Now and Then in Netscape
Only compact folders are good folders. Here's how to compact your mail folders in Netscape or Mozilla and reclaim wasted disk space.

Check for New Mail Quickly in Netscape
For a fast way to have Netscape or Mozilla fetch new mail in all your accounts, try this keyboard shortcut.

How to Add Carbon-Copy (Cc:) Recipients in Netscape
Send your message to more than one recipient easily with Netscape.

Label Messages in Netscape or Mozilla
Mark messages to-do, personal, important, or whatever you like easily in Netscape and Mozilla.

Compose a New Message Quickly in Netscape
Okay, okay you won't type faster; but you'll start typing a new message faster in Netscape or Mozilla with this tip.

Insert a Link in a Message in Netscape or Mozilla
Link to anywhere on the Net freely and easily with Netscape or Mozilla.

Delete a Message Bypassing the Trash in Netscape
Delete consequently with this Netscape and Mozilla keyboard shortcut. It lets you remove messages immediately without putting them in the Trash.

Save a Message as a Template in Netscape
Avoid a lot of typing and save a lot of time with email templates in Netscape and Mozilla.

Send a Plain Text Message with Netscape or Mozilla
Make sure you're not confusing older email programs or alienate recipients who don't like HTML messages by sending a plain text only email with Netscape or Mozilla.

Send an Image Inline Without Attaching It in Netscape or Mozilla
Don't send huge emails, point to the location of the image on the web instead. Here's how to send your images inline in emails without attaching them with Netscape or Mozilla.

Give a Sender Top Priority in Netscape
All your mail deserves highest priority, and that's why I have programmed Netscape (and Mozilla) to assign the highest priority to all emails from you automatically. Here's how you can do the same...

Mark All Messages Read Quickly in Netscape
Read everything (or, at least, make it look like you're read everything) in a Netscape or Mozilla folder with a few key strokes.

Have Netscape Display Messages in Plain Text Only
Fancy HTML formatting is nice, but it can also be a risk to privacy and security (and, honestly, some of the fancy formatting isn't worth it anyway). Fortunately, you can make Netscape or Mozilla display emails using plain text only. Here's how.

Specify Where Sent Messages Should be Kept in Netscape
Collect all outgoing Netscape or Mozilla mail in a special folder, move it to your Inbox, or wherever.

Read a Message in a Larger Font in Netscape
Read mail more comfortably by zooming it to a larger font in Netscape or Mozilla.

Use SMTP Authentication with Netscape
Make Netscape or Mozilla send mail through mail servers that require authentication.

Forward a Message as an Attachment with Netscape
As attachments, the emails you forward with Netscape or Mozilla will be sure to arrive in tip-top shape at the recipient.

Go to the Next Unread Message Quickly in Netscape
Browse through your new messages fast in Netscape and Mozilla.

View the Source of a Message in Netscape
Hey Netscape (hey, Mozilla), show me everything, in plain text.

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