You might prefer to work offline and only go online when you need to connect to the Internet. This can reduce online time and telephone charges.

From the 'Edit' menu, choose 'Preferences' and highlight the 'Offline' category. Choose whether you want Messenger to remember the state in which you last exited the program, or if you want to be prompted each time you start the program.

You can also choose how you want to handle messages in your 'Unsent Messages' folder. Check "Prompt me to synchronize my messages." When you exit, you will have a choice of whether you want to update the items selected for downloading. Click 'OK'.

Note:This applies only to Netscape 4.x, Netscape 6 does not have the offline newsgroup options.

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