Dear Paul, I was also thinking of the hanging problem and the time it would take to download 511 messages using a dialup connection on a slow phone line.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:14 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 511 messages in inbox > I would think that keymail should be able to handle however many messages > you have as long as you don't run out of disk space. > When I had 5.1, I think I downloaded 400 once. > At 3/10/2005, you wrote: > > >Dear List, > > > >I'm behind in my email. I received 511 messages and I don't think Keymail > >could handle that much email. > > > >The most logical fixes would be: > > > >1. Put Keyterm into the BN. The KNC had it, and I liked it. I used Pine > >and a unix shell. Since I used Pine and not keymail, I didn't have problems > >with sending and receiving email using the KNC. If Keyterm was in the BN, I > >could use Pine and not worry about Keymail. > > > >2. If keyweb would work with a web-based email program like the one my ISP > >has, people could use that for sending and receiving email without the > >problems of keymail. A web-based email program is more tedious, but it is > >an alternative to keymail. > > > >I realize most people don't have access to a unix shell and they don't have > >an ISP which offers a web-based email, but I still think there should be > >some choices for people who want to use the BN for email but who don't want > >to hassle with keymail. > > > >Of course, I think keymail should be fixed, but these work-arounds might > >help until it gets done. There are still ISP's who have shell access and > >there used to be a free web-based program called integramil.com a person > >could access online. > > > >Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, > >California > > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
