My Macintosh color classic still works and has internet access and can still surf the web with HTML 2.0 friendly websites.
I am using Mac OS 7.5.3 with Netscape 3x Web browser.
Question:
I want to know if there is an email application for this version of Operating system ?
The ones that came with the Mac Color Classic?
Or the ones that came with a recent new model?
The ones that came with the Color Classic may have been good way back when for a copy of Macworld magazine for one year. But that's about all they would give you even at this point if you are lucky. The machine itself has no warranty available to it, as it is considered obsolete.
Obtaining service for your Apple product after an expired warranty - Apple Support
Eudora 3.1.3L is a very good email client that works back then.
https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/networking-color-classic-to-modern-macos-x.36407/
explains that you can add an ethernet card to your color Classic.
Once you have an ethernet card, you can run an direct cable to your high speed modem or router, and just use OpenTransport to modify your TCP/IP settings.
I highly recommend upgrading to System 7.6.1. OpenTransport was not very stable under system 7.5.5. And by System 7.6.1 MacTCP was completely replaced.
IMAP Email is preferable over POP, because otherwise all your email will go directly to your Color Classic, and then you'll have to find a way to export it back to other machines.
What are the System requirements for Eudora email ?
My current setup is:
16 megahertz Motorola CPU
12 megabytes RAM
500mb Hard drive with 400mb of FREE Space
TCP/IP stack
10-base-t Network card
Floppy drive
CDROM drive
Hi,
One problem with old email clients is that they cannot handle authentication for sending messages.
See also, for example, http://www.knubbelmac.de/software/internet-programme/e-mail/ (the web page is in German, so you may need Google Translate or a similar service).
Webmail will have to be ruled out since old browsers (like the Netscape 3) do not work with modern (secure, https) sites.
Yes, I have a network card installed and can go online just fine.
Yeah, I am amazed this 16mhz CPU computer from 1993 can still go online and surf the internet.
FWIW, if webmail fails, there's little chance an email client will work.
You are decades behind the curve of current network and browser security protocols, and this does not exclude web-based email clients that now use current JavaScript and Mail protocols. Good Luck.
So then the only task that remains is to get Eudora.
https://gildea.com/eudora/ has everything you need to know about it. There was a Pro release that was taken over by Qualcomm, but the release I speak of has always been freeware.
I want to be able to register my computer and software via email.
I also have the registration cards.
Will email work on my Mac Color Classic
