It makes handling attachments and URLs very easy. Messenger can use either POP3 or IMAP to handle e-mail. The old Alpha server only had POP3. On the new server both, POP3 and IMAP, are available. Messages are downloaded to local hard drive.
All mail is lost if a local hard drive crashes.
A user can download a copy of a message and leave the original on the server to be retrieved by another client, such as Pine, or from another computer using Netscape Messenger. When using multiple computers or e-mail clients, messages cannot be synchronized as they are deleted or moved to other folders. Anyone can start Messenger at an employee's workstation and see the messages. For additional information, look at A Quick Start to using Netscape Messenge and POP3 IMAP and Netscape Messenger Messages are on the server when they are viewed. You can view, rename, delete or add remote folders on the server directly from Messenger.