Mozilla problems

[Matt]

I have Mozilla 0.9.9 and while it works great for surfing, it never 
keeps my settings, or my email accounts. I will  set google as my home 
page, close Mozilla, and find myself at the Mozilla start page. But that 
really isn't too bad. What angers me is that I have to set up a new 
email account every time I want to check my mail. Mail works without a 
hitch after I set it up, but as soon as I close this window, my account 
will be gone. It used to keep everything for a few days, then 
spontaneously delete it. I could live with that. But now, it won't keep 
anything at all, except bookmarks. I've tried downgrading Mozilla, but 
it didn't work. I've also tried reinstalling it off the SuSE disc, but 
it didn't work either.