Hi Mate,
if you have a server that holds the mails - just make sure you have the
possibility to connect it through IMAP. Imap will only get you the headers -
as long as you don't want to read a Mail. The way I do it - even if I have a
Cable-Connection etc. - but it's way faster.
On Wednesday 16 July 2003 03:25, Ben Reser wrote:
> Yes and you get paid to read the list. I don't. If you wanna pay me to
> read the list then I'll suddenly be okay with spending a lot of time
> reading stuff that doesn't matter much. I read the list so I can help
> fix problems and get a better distribution. For my effort I do get the
> reward of my issues being fixed (sometimes). However, Mandrakesoft
> receives many times the reward for my effort. It's surprising that
> Mandrakesoft consistently seems to be unwilling to decrease my cost (not
> necessarily money) in helping them get a better distribution.
>
> > - 500 mails a day is about 2 MB, which represents 5 min of a 56k modem
> > connection. However the bandwith argument is still valid to my mind.
Yeah - on Imap-Headers - I'd say 90Kbytes. much faster.
If It's not fast enough - try out batching :) Good old times if you ask me.
you only need to find a UUCP-Server, set it up - and make sure to use bzip as
Compression :) and everything will be finally batched up to the fastest
transfer possibility ever :)
Back in time - I even had a full functional INND with loads of News and Mails
for about 16 People on a 14400 Link (Good old Zyxel Modems).
You know - there are many possibilities to decrease your bandwidth. However -
I think that if you think Cooker has way to much in it - I would unsubscribe
from Cooker - and brwose through the Mail-Archives that are most probably
somewhere on the Net.
Just my 2 cents :)
Cheers
Joerg
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