Lee wrote:
>Friends frequently send e-mails with
> > attachments containing pictures, sound, video, animation, etc. They take a
> > very long time to download. But not always, and there's no way to know in
> > advance (or is there?). While they are downloading the entire computer is
> > pretty much tied up>>


In Eudora, and I think it would be similar in most emailers, set the 
receiving email filter size to around 50kb.
(It's in tools/options/receiving mail).

This allows all the small stuff in.  Anything larger, you only get the 
heading of each mail, with a button to click if you later wish to complete 
the download for that particular item.

I still use it, even with broadband, as it also helps keep any html junk 
out. Unfortunate for my friends who persist in sending formatted mail. I 
usually don't bother with it.

Don Penlington


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