[wellylug] Any (linux) solutions for Content-Type: message/partial?

[David Murray]

On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Jo Booth wrote:

> It suggested the following:
>
>> Partial message, part 3 of 6
>> To read this message, select all of the parts of the message and select the 
>> Message --> MIME --> Combine Messages menu item.
>
> Needless to say, I don't have that particular menu item.

Yes - sounds very Outlookish. "Combine & Decode" is also an Outlook 
expression.


> Nothing major, as I can probably convince the sender to do something other 
> than send 12Mb via email. But i'm sure others may have had similar issues.

One thing I have encountered in the past is that Netscape Communicator 
would not automatically download the complete email if it was larger than 
a certain size. It would only get the rest of the email once I opened that 
particular email. I was able to specify the email-size at which this would 
happen.

But *why* send 12 megs through email?

Wouldn't it be easier all round to put it up on an HTTP or FTP server and 
give you the URL? Or to simply hand or post the stuff to you on a CD?

That said, I know somebody who tried to send a 500meg file as an email 
attachment. It caused Sendmail to crash. :o)


Cheers

David Murray