I see your point. I had forgotten about the way it was in the old days, when you had to pay for every minute you were online. I've never even used the phone modem on this iMac. I don't even know if it works! On the other hand, when I did have to pay by the hour, I used to use a function where it would sign on just long enough to send and retrieve my e-mail. Then I did my reading and composing offline. It was a nice, money-saving feature.
on 10/13/02 8:35 PM, Jeremy Derr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > trimming is important for a number of reasons. first, some of what you > need to trim is boilerplate that list servers are going to add to EVERY > message. for instance, you should trim the footer that's attached to > all LowEndMac messages, otherwise your message will show up with two > footers... then 3 when the next person replies, etc. > > also, in a thread like this one, later messages could wind up being > severals of KB long, especially if no one trims anything. on a > broadband connection, this isn't much of a big deal. if you're on a > modem, it could be a problem. and if your mail arrives at a UNIX server > via UUCP (something you have no control over)....... God help you. > Also, even though this isn't as common as it used to be, some people > pay for their internet connection per-minute (common, I believe, to > this very day in Britain, yes?) or per-byte or kilobyte. These people > are incurring a cost (albeit a minor one) to download your message, so > the least you can do is trim out any extraneous information. > > If you're on a modem in England, and no one on this list bothered to > trim any messages on this thread.... you'd be pretty sore at us right > now. > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
