Re: [Evolution] options on download

[John Griffiths <john capmon com>]

You don't have it on as default

you have have it as a preferences option

and when a message is truncated it has a spiffy bit at the end saying "your message was truncated as per your 
preference settings, CLICK HERE to download the rest of your message"

At 11:28 PM 6/1/2000 EDT, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> 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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