On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Chris Barker wrote:
>John (& Acer)
John & I were discussing offlist;
>Opera is supposed to use less memory than the 2 big browsers and has
>a much simpler interface. It also lacks (I understand, the Mac
>version is still under development) an email client. Since I don't
>use a browser email client, this is no great lack. Opera reminds me
>of the early Mac browsers - simple, quick and efficient. However,
>Netscape 4 uses less memory than Opera (dev version 2).
Opera5.x (current 5.02) does have email integration a la Communicator (and
I guess IE/OE, but i don't use those). Current version of Netscape
(4.77) seems to hog more mem, and after opening more than a few windows,
locks up or acts odd. (this on a W98SE system, PIII/450 256ram). I can't
say for IE since i dont use it, but I can do more with Op open and system
resources don't seem to go as low.
>The trouble with Operamail against Hotmail, Yahoo or Netscape, for
>instance, is that the email listing is a little simple. The Yahoo
>email pages are much more comprehensive in my view. Remember that
>the Opera browser and Operamail are 2 different things...
can't comment since i haven't yet sighed up for OpMail (still using this,
studentmail.ucr.edu)
>Finally, you can normally retrieve any email from any account
>wherever you are... Yahoo allows you to redirect email, as does
>Freeola (Classemail). All you need is the name of the pop3
>(incoming) server, while you use your new server to send email
>(normally smtp). I have great trouble persuading my father-in-law of
>this facility. He continues to pay for Compuserve and all its email
>limitations.
indeed, and i believe with pop, you have the an option to either leave the
remote copy (server) or delete it once you d/l messages.
/Acer V
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