John:

When I get into Netscape, I may or may not go to email. The Netscape Profile Manager (where the problem shows up, although it may not be caused there) does not specifically have to do with email, although it does set up certain parameters for email, which are identical between my wife's profile and mine. The browser preferences for her on Netscape and mine are identical (as far as I know and intend) except for specifying what the home page is to be--Yahoo for her, Mudcat for me. The browser is set to download all messages to my computer, rather than dealing with messages on the provider's site. We can, but almost never do, work with email offline. We do regularly switch between our two web accesses, with no specific log-off operations other than the Red X in the upper corner of the screen.

I have not been able to find any email log-off facility in Netscape, other than the Red X in the upper corner when in the in-box, which just returns me to (or as I think of it, uncovers) the current web page.

I regularly and frequently see a "leaving secure facility" notice when I do leave, say, a checkout counter, or maybe a website initial registration page, to go to other portions of the site. (Although truthfully I cannot say "always"; I don't know.) When I leave the secure facility of a website by Red-Xing, I also see the "leaving secure facility" after the site's page disappears and before the desktop is restored. Consequently, I don't believe I have the problem you refer to in your last two paragraphs.

I will, however (just for safety's sake) henceforth make a point of using the Log-Off function instead of the Red X, which I sometimes have (I suppose carelessly) used in the past.

Dave Oesterreich