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| Thread ID: 31500 | 2003-03-24 05:28:00 | Downloading large emails with Outlook Express 5 | Shane (1677) | Press F1 |
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| 130427 | 2003-03-24 05:28:00 | I am new to Outlook Express 5, having previously used web-based email. I am downloading (and plan to download in the future) emails with large attachments (5mb+). I have a 33.6k modem. Because of their size, I am at the "Receiving message 1 of x" screen for quite some time (often over an hour) before moving on to the next one, and so on. Will I lose them if I interrupt the downloading? I can't stay on for hours and wait for all downloading to be completed. Preferably I would like to download one at a time. Thanks for any help. |
Shane (1677) | ||
| 130428 | 2003-03-24 05:43:00 | If this is going to be a regular thing, I would recommend you try to make an arrangement for a better system. If there is only one sender can you arrange for the files to be broken up into smaller segments? The ideal would be for the files to be available in reasonable sized chunks on an FTP (or as chunks accessible through a Web page). If the files are compressed using ZIP, you can make the output in fixed size pieces. When things were slower (and 33k was a fast modem) a standard maximum file size for FTPwas 350 kB (so it would fit on a 360k floppy). You might try to get 1 MB pieces. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 130429 | 2003-03-24 05:58:00 | You should find that if you interrupt the download, then the attachment will remain on the ISP server Unfortunately it may also mean that when you next access the email and download it, it will start at the beginning again. Based on my experience prior to Jetstream. |
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