<s>
Netscape	B-Application
Mail	I-Application
and	O
Newsgroups	O
,	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
just	O
Netscape	B-Application
Mail	I-Application
,	O
was	O
an	O
email	O
and	O
news	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
produced	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communications	O
Corporation	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
series	O
of	O
suites	B-Protocol
between	O
versions	O
2.0	B-Application
to	O
7.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
4.x	O
series	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
rewritten	O
as	O
two	O
separate	O
programs	O
known	O
as	O
Netscape	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
and	O
Netscape	B-Application
Collabra	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Application
Mail	I-Application
&	I-Application
Newsgroups	I-Application
features	O
support	O
for	O
relevant	O
protocols	O
such	O
as	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
,	O
POP3	B-Protocol
and	O
SMTP	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
Bayesian	B-Application
spam	I-Application
filter	I-Application
,	O
support	O
for	O
multiple	O
accounts	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
mail	B-Protocol
reader	I-Protocol
(	O
or	O
Usenet	B-Application
reader	O
)	O
to	O
support	O
native	O
display	O
of	O
HTML	O
messages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
its	O
development	O
was	O
overseen	O
in-house	O
,	O
but	O
following	O
AOL	O
's	O
purchase	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
in	O
1998	O
,	O
its	O
codebase	O
development	O
was	O
handed	O
over	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
originally	O
initiated	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
became	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Protocol
Mail	I-Protocol
&	I-Protocol
Newsgroups	I-Protocol
component	O
of	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
Mozilla	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Suite	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	O
ceased	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
suite	O
between	O
2004	O
and	O
2006	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
stand-alone	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
consequence	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
series	O
of	O
suites	B-Protocol
were	O
also	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
released	O
Netscape	B-Application
Browser	I-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
based	O
upon	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
,	O
which	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
an	O
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
therefore	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
inclusive	O
of	O
a	O
mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
version	B-Protocol
7.2	I-Protocol
,	O
became	O
unsupported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Protocol
Mail	I-Protocol
and	O
Newsgroups	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
continued	O
as	O
SeaMonkey	B-Language
Mail	I-Language
and	I-Language
Newsgroups	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2007	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
stand-alone	O
browser	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
confirmed	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
once	O
again	O
develop	O
an	O
e-mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
now	O
named	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Messenger	I-Protocol
9	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
release	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
upon	O
Mozilla	B-Protocol
Mail	I-Protocol
's	O
successor	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
after	O
an	O
official	O
poll	O
posted	O
on	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
community	O
support	O
board	O
in	O
late	O
2006	O
,	O
speculation	O
arose	O
of	O
the	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
series	O
of	O
suites	B-Protocol
(	O
including	O
the	O
Mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
)	O
being	O
fully	O
supported	O
and	O
updated	O
by	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
in-house	O
development	O
team	O
once	O
more	O
,	O
including	O
major	O
bug	O
fixes	O
and	O
security	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
(	O
and	O
any	O
speculation	O
of	O
an	O
update	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
7	I-Protocol
)	O
was	O
ended	O
when	O
AOL	O
announced	O
they	O
would	O
end	O
development	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	O
and	O
Netscape	B-Application
Messenger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
