Netscape's Inbox Direct.

[Melissa Silvestre]

I also have my concerns, particularly if these web pages
include graphics, which means a *lot* of local storage space.
Just imagine CyberPromotions or the like using this with
inline images....

At 09:17 AM 10/7/96 -0700, you wrote:
>On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Wilfred [Bill] Drew wrote:
>
>> The following announcement was in Edupage this morning:
>>
>> NETSCAPE LAUNCHES INBOX DIRECT
>> Netscape's InBox Direct software enables users to receive Web pages via
>> the
>> e-mail client contained in its Netscape Navigator 3.0 browser.  The new
>> technology means companies can send Web-page-type information to
>> prospective
>> customers rather than waiting for them to come to their Web site.
[...]
>
>If this becomes another way of delivering unwanted marketing information
>(better know as junk mail) then no, it is not a step forward.  Only if
>the user has the ability to turn it off, or to individually select those
>companies or product groups as wanted, will it become a useful tool.
>
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Melissa Silvestre
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