On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Larry Boyd wrote:

> I also use Outlook, but I do just the opposite activity.  I have it
> configured to delete the messages off the mail server.  If OL blows, I
> immediately jump on the mail server and use ELM to check the first message.
> After reading, if able, I deleted it, and then restart OL.  This allows me
> to use OL as much as possible, saving the time of previewing all the
> messages before using it.  So far it's worked well, and I've only needed to
> use ELM about 4-5 times during the past 12 months.

There is another reason I preview with text based email on the host.
There will always be some clown (not this list) who will send me some
multimegabyte e-mail joke .gif .jpg or .exe attachment that I DON'T want
downloaded through a dial-up connection.  PINE won't display them but it
will tell me the filename, thus allowing me to delete before downloading.

Tracy Johnson
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