[wellylug] Name That War! [was cat README | more ???]

[Brenda O'Hagan]

that's how just about every pda email client i've ever used operates..

you download things in 5-10k lots. you can then determine if you want to 
download the next 5-10k based on whether the email can wait till you get to a 
cheaper connection , or if you've got all the info you need so far becasue 
the sender has nicely top posted. (which is an unspoken rule on most mailing 
list pertaining to PDA and mobile platforms)

On Friday 05 November 2004 14:15, Donald Gordon wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:58:13 +1300
>
> Brenda O'Hagan <brenda at wallace.net.nz> wrote:
> > why do you do that?? i'm reading my emails over GPRS and i gotta download
> > all that quoted stuff before i get to the new stuff...
> > why aren't you just put your comments at the top of the email???
>
> <rant target="everyone it applies to">
>
> Well, the trick is to NOT QUOTE ABSOLUTELY FSCKING EVERYTHING when you
> reply, but only the pertinent contents of the other email, as required
> to provide context for your reply.
>
> </rant>
>
> This would also make emails smaller, making them download faster and
> more cheaply over GPRS :-)
>
> I'm mildly surprised that your email client shows you the start of
> emails when it hasn't downloaded the rest of them, too...
>
> donald

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