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    How to change Netscape preferences from your program (and access multiple
    email accounts)

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    If you've been wondering how to change Netscape Navigator's preferences
    (or settings) from your program, take a look at the following function:

    procedure SetNetscapeMailPreferences(
      sUserName,
      sMailboxName,
      sFromAddress,
      sReplyToAddress,
      sOrganization,
      sSignatureFile,
      sSMTPServer,
      sPOPServer
        : string );
    var
      r : TRegIniFile;

      procedure Save( a, b, c : string );
      begin
        r.WriteString( a, b, c + #0 );
      end;

    begin
      r := TRegIniFile.Create(
             'Software\'
           + 'Netscape\Netscape Navigator'
           );

      Save( 'Mail', 'POP Name',
        sMailboxName );

      Save( 'Services', 'POP_Server',
        sPOPServer );

      Save( 'Services', 'SMTP_Server',
        sSMTPServer );

      Save( 'User', 'User_Addr',
        sFromAddress );

      Save( 'User', 'User_Name',
        sUserName );

      Save( 'User', 'Reply_To',
        sReplyToAddress );

      Save( 'User', 'User_Organization',
        sOrganization );

      Save( 'User', 'Sig_File',
        sSignatureFile );

      r.Free;
    end;

    As you can see, Netscape stores its settings in the following registry key:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\
      Software\
        Netscape\
          Netscape Navigator

    To get a list of all the settings you can change, simply run the "Registry
    Editor" (RegEdit.exe) and select the above registry key.

    Our example function "SetNetscapeMailPreferences()" will let you change your
    Netscape's mail preferences, which means you can utilize it to write a
    program that will let users access multiple email accounts using a single
    installation of Netscape Navigator. Here's a sample call:

    SetNetscapeMailPreferences(
      'Bob B Bob',
      'bob',
      'bob@bob.com',
      'bob@bob.com',
      'Bob Inc.',
      'C:\Sign.TXT',
      'bob.com',
      'bob.com'
    );

    NOTE: Netscape should be closed at the time you make modifications to it's
    registry entires. Otherwise, your changes may not take effect.

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