Re: [Evolution] options on download

[Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj helixcode com>]

No...

I can picture it now...

"Why is my message truncated!?! Bug in Evolution!!!"

this wouldn't be a good thing :)

Jeff

On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, John Griffiths wrote:
> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2000 13:02:27 +1000
> To: evolution helixcode com
> From: John Griffiths <john capmon com>
> Subject: Re: [Evolution] options on download
>
> surely a truncation feature is sufficient??
>
> i run at home on a 28kbps line... 
>
> i use netscape mail at the moment (waiting for another linux client with
> truncation)
>
> setting it to truncate any message over 10kb i get all my mail quickly
> down my slow conenction and can choose to get the ones with large
> attachments at my leisure.
>
> 10kb is still quite a lot of plain text (which is still what the majority
> of mail is)
>
>
>
> At 10:43 PM 6/1/2000 -0400, NotZed wrote:
> > >    Actually, it would be better if the servers themselves recognized
> > > a common compression protocol for attachments, and would pack them all
> > > together in one shot, bring down mail, then send you the equivalent of
> a
> > > 'package' (like rpm/deb) for your attachments. When that 'package'
> reaches
> > > your system, the attachments are 'unpacked' and linked to the right
> > > messages. 
> >
> > That sounds a nightmare to implement.
> >
> > Michael
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