[WEB4LIB] Netscape Composer

[Andrew Mutch]

Mary,

Which application is using the mail function to e-mail results??

I would guess that this application isn't using the mail function internal to
Netscape but instead is using something on their end to mail the results to a
users account.  If it was using Netscape's own mail program, each user would
have to reconfigure the preferences for their specific accounts and having
witnessed such attempts before, I doubt this is what all your students are
doing.  My experience has been that the stand-alone version of Netscape saves
staff an enormous amount of time because it eliminates all the problems caused
by people using Netscape's mail to send and view mail.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

"Mary Platt (Library)" wrote:

> Thanks for all the good ideas for how to deal the problem of students using
> netscape composer to write papers in the library.  Maybe I am overlooking
> something very obvious,  but if we use just Netscape Navigator,  there will
> be no e-mail option for them.  ONe of our most heavily used services offers
> an e-mail option that uses netscape's e-mail.. the students can e-mail the
> results of their searching to their personal e-mail.  This is quick and
> saves printing costs for them.
>
> Someone mentioned Wordpad and the problems inherent with that being
> available.  I can disable and block access to that through various means.
> We do leave notepad on the desktop as it is useful for simple copy and
> paste functions, but few students try to use it for their papers.
>
> Thanks
> Mary
>
> Mary Platt
> Assistant Librarian
> Co-Ordinator of Electronic Reference Services
> Kennesaw State University
> 1000 Chastain Road
> Kennesaw, GA  30144
> 770-423-6197