Given the negative side effects of this (huge amounts of disk space on servers wasted, for one, excessive network traffic, etc), it's just anoither reason not to use such software :-)
Phil --------------------------------------------- Phil Randal Network Engineer Herefordshire Council Hereford, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Moir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 December 2001 15:43 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Spurious attachment permissions issue... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randal, Phil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 04 December 2001 15:42 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Spurious attachment permissions issue... > > > > > > Out of curiosity, does anyone know why Microsoft in their > > infinite wisdom decided to make Temporary Internet Files a > > property of the user (i.e. in their profile) as against just > > one directory per PC? > > > > The case of diskless workstations is a trivial one, so we > > can ignore that and look for deeper meanings :-) > > > > Because users are more likely to visit the pages they were > viewing more than > once than they are to access pages some other user was > viewing, therefore it > makes some sense to cache per user. Not to mention cookies, > offline viewing > of pages in history, and suchlike. > > -- > Robert Moir, > IT Systems Engineer, > Luton Sixth Form College > "Linux: Like an Operating System. But Different." > > -- > This e-mail is intended for the addressee shown. It contains > information > that is confidential and protected from disclosure. Any review, > dissemination or use of this transmission or its contents by > persons or > unauthorized employees of the intended organisations is > strictly prohibited. > > The contents of this email do not necessarily represent the views or > policies of Luton Sixth Form College, its employees or students. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
