Actually, I always heard that you *can't* specify that the flash card be used for memory--something about drivers ... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 300 email?
> Brenda, did you download all 1500? I agree with you. If you have the disk > space, it shouldn't matter. I don't know where the guy in tech support came > up with the rule to download 50 at a time. In the end, you are still going > to have 300 email in the database. Why should it matter whether you > download them all at once or in chunks? > With 6.1, you can specify that your flash card is used for email; so memory > or disk space isn't a problem any more. > At 3/21/2005, you wrote: > > >No, the number of emails shouldn't count. If you have the space on your > >disk, they should come. Some days I've downloaded over 400 emails. The > >first time I went on I had 1500 emails. > >Brenda Mueller > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] > > >Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:09:44 -0800 > > >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 300 email? > > > > >Bob, I don't understand your statements below nor where you get your > > >information to make such statements. If you need to download 300 email per > > >day as I do, then that's what you should do. I didn't know there was a > > >limit on how many messages one could or should be able to download "with > > >all due respect." As to whether downloading large amounts of email will > > >corrupt your email database, I don't know where you get your information. I > > >just downloaded 351 messages as well as downloading sizeable amounts at > > >other times and have never corrupted my database. > > >As to whether the bn will hang up when downloading that many emails, that > > >is more of a programming problem than anything to do with the bn being able > > >to download that many messages. > > >If you have the memory, and the time, you should be able to download 1000 > > >or 2000 messages if you like without any problems. > > >Once these hangs are addressed with 6.1.1, you should be able to download > > >as many messages as you do with your pc. > > >It's just a question of getting the bn to talk to the pop server properly. > > >At 3/21/2005, you wrote: > > > > >>Hi, folks: With all of the talk, both positive and negative, about 6.1, I > > >>have read some messages which trouble me greatly. These messages are from > > >>folks, who have tried to download hundreds of email messages at one > > >>time. One person mentioned 300 messages. With all due respect, that's > > >>too many messages to download. I don't care what upgrade you're running; > > >>i not download that many messages, there is a chance that you're going to > > >>corrupt your database. That's a drag, because, then, you have to delete > > >>it and re-create it. Your BNSTVN is always going to hang up, if you try > > >>to download that many messages. If you notice that you have that many, > > >>you should stop the process after 50 or so. 6.1 has its issues, but that > > >>isn't one which not can pin on the upgrade. God bless. Bob and Maxy-wax > > > > > > >>___ > > >>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 > > > > > > > > > >___ > >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 > >
