MOTM

hello all

a not off topic hypothetical at all request:

if some poor sap ran Outlook Express (win 98), but being from the UK,
collected his email online, then read it all offline (we, sorry, they have
to pay for local calls)
and say if some e-group he had joined, had decided to advertise on all the
e-group communications (just recent like)
how could, erm, my friend stop his computer trying to download all the gifs
etc EVERY time he tried to read his e-group mail

any thoughts gang..?

cheers
paul b

Try switching to a non-html compatible email or to an email that has 
the option to "keep attachments on server". also you could switch to 
getting an email digest of the days emails in one big email with only 
one ad attached. I think you can change the prefs at egroups to send 
you text only mail as well, this  would only send a two or three line 
text advertisment at the end of your emails instead of the gifs.
-Nate 
(not bothered by the gifs since the new T1)


--- In motm@egroups.com, "sikorsky" <vulture.squadron@s...> wrote:
> hello all
> 
> a not off topic hypothetical at all request:
> 
> if some poor sap ran Outlook Express (win 98), but being from the
UK,
> collected his email online, then read it all offline (we, sorry,
they have
> to pay for local calls)
> and say if some e-group he had joined, had decided to advertise on
all the
> e-group communications (just recent like)
> how could, erm, my friend stop his computer trying to download all
the gifs

> etc EVERY time he tried to read his e-group mail
> 
> any thoughts gang..?
> 
> cheers
> paul b