On Tue, 27 May 2003 04:26:35 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > On Wed, 28 May 2003 12:10:59 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 May 2003 15:13:30 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: > <snip> >> Someone (now who was it? d***ed if I can remember) told me that he >> downloads the headers only, selects which messages he wants then >> downloads just those, while deleting everything from the mail server. >> I can't even remember what software he is using. Just thought I'd >> mention it. SI know how to add this little 'feature' to Arachne ;-) >> But I find Arachne's system of letting me browse the index of the inbox >> is satisfactory for me. > The way I do it is by connecting to a remote shell account and then > running PINE. PINE accesses the mail server and downloads all the > message headers being the "date", "from", and "subject" all being > displayed on just one line for each message. Then, by judging from the > headers, I mark all the obvious spams and viruses for deletion. I don't > even have to open and read a message to mark it for deletion. Next I > press a key to delete from the server "en masse" all the messages marked > for deletion. Then I exit PINE and I close my connection to the remote > shell. Then I start Arachne. Using Arachne I download all the remaining > messages from the mail server. FYI, I know how to add this little 'feature' to Arachne ;-) Anyone interested ??? <g g g> -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/ http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/aqc/
