On Tue, 27 May 2003 04:26:35 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > 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
Arachne does the same except it downloads EVERYTHING before presenting you with the INDEX list showing date from and subject. But you don't have to open the message to mark it for deletion. OTOH I _can_ see the advantages of doing it PINE's way. If I was getting hundreds of emails in each download, it would be useful to delete the ones I obviously didn't want BEFORE the download. As it is at present with less than 40 messages in each download, I can put up with the little extra time needed. from Greg Mayman, in Adelaide, South Australia "Queen City of the South" 34:55S 138:36E http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/greg_mayman/default.htm -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
