How Netscape Mail Works
NETSCAPE E-MAIL TOPICS
Using Helper Applications and Plug-Ins
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When an e-mail messages arrives, it is first put into a file called your mail spool file on a computer known as the mail server. It is stored there until you run an e-mail program such as Pine, Eudora or Netscape, at which point the message is transferred either to your CUNIX home directory in the case of Pine, or to your microcomputer in the case of Eudora or Netscape.
Note that just as Pine displays only mail that is stored in your CUNIX home directory, both Eudora and Netscape display only mail that is on your microcomputer's hard disk. Although you can instruct Netscape or Eudora to leave copies of your mail on the mail server (and this is exactly what will happen during the test drive), they only display what is stored locally.
When you delete a message with Netscape or Eudora, it is deleted from your local hard drive but not from the mail file on the server. (If you instruct Netscape or Eudora not to leave copies of your mail on the server, they will remove all the messages from the server after downloading them to your microcomputer.) Note that you cannot view mail stored on CUNIX with Netscape or Eudora at all.
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