So all you really wanted to do was complain? Disk space is very cheap, I for one would much rather have speed then disk space...
-- Kevinm M WLKMMAS, UCC+WCA, CKWSE CKST -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Randal, Phil Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:53 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Spurious attachment permissions issue... 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] _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ 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]
