Gary Emerson wrote:
I've been clinging to Netscape as my mail program for some time now
although I know it's just not going to last forever with no support,
etc.. Any of the computer savvy glider pilots know of any other free or
inexpensive mail software that also has the capability to download the
newsgroups inside the same software???

Mozilla Thunderbird - http://mozilla.org. Open source and supported.

Tony V.