Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 12:53:46 +1100 From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape Communicator 4.5, username? Message-ID: <19990204125346.A1786@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <199902040142.TAA69963@nospam.hiwaay.net> References: <199902040142.TAA69963@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 at 19:42:08 -0600, David Kelly wrote: > Got real ambitious this weekend with a fresh "make world" of > RELENG_3, an update to XFree86 3.3.3.1, and the US FreeBSD native > version of Netscape Communicator 4.5 (replacing the US Linux version > 4.07). > > Now the dumb Communicator 4.5 pops up a window every few minutes > informing me, > > Netscape is unable to use the mail server because > you have not provide a username. Please provide > one in the preferences and try again > > I don't have any idea what they are talking about as most ever box > is filled under Edit->Preferences->Mail & Newsgroups->Identity. And > the same for Mail Servers where localhost is listed. > > Tried a clean ~/.netscape directory. Didn't do any good. > > Is it time to revert to the prior version? > Nope. All you need to do is the following.. Edit -> Preferences -> Mail & Newsgroups -> Mail Servers Click the host in the Incoming Mail Servers box, then edit. Add your username for the mail server in there, and it should shut it up =) Hope this helps, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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