[luau] Doing AOL Mail in Linux

[Warren Togami]

Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
> 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
> 

I think Netscape would need to be compiled with Xft enabled, so it isn't 
quite possible for anybody but AOL to do that...

Isn't AOL webmail available on the website too?  Sure it isn't perfect 
but it is at least accessible.

Warren