If you already have an ISP that you were using with Communicator or Navigator, those connection settings are automatically transferred when you install Netscape 6, and the account appears as a folder in the Mail window - you don't need to do anything to make your existing connection settings work. Your Instant Messenger Buddy List appears in Sidebar, and Instant Messenger is available through the Sidebar in all Netscape 6 windows. When you migrate a secure news account from Netscape Communicator to Netscape 6, or when you add a secure newsgroup account, before you can access the newsgroup server and read messages you need to edit the server's account Settings. Netscape 6 runs mail filters on messages until the message is moved by a filter to another folder. You can no longer get audio notification to inform you when new mail has arrived.
Some keyboard shortcuts no longer work.
For example on Linux, Alt-Enter no longer sends a mail message. You can no longer search for newsgroups through the Subscribe dialog box. If you click a newsgroup message and nothing appears, that message may have been deleted or cancelled. Netscape 6 doesn't give you a message when you select a cancelled newsgroup posting. Navigating the Web One of the most significant new features of Netscape 6, My Sidebar, gives you an always-available, customized view of the web content most important to you.