Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 21:26:08 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Format [for Raymond]
>How does one download headers only using outlook as mail client? Is this >an http issue? To be honest, I have absolutely no idea (although I'm tempted to say its a Microsoft issue ;-) ... I make a point about not using OE because of all the things it does behind your back. I don't think I've even got it installed on my computer ... you could do a search on support.microsoft.com for details I guess ... In Eudora, apparently you can download headers only if your email server supports IMAP (as opposed to POP). Alternatively if you use Netscape I'm quite sure you can get it to download the headers first regardless of POP or IMAP (you can get it to check for mail without downloading it first). Alternatively, you can get a program such as E.Spy (freeware), MailCheck (shareware) and so on (available from any Tucows mirror, have a look under the email checker and email client categories) which are designed to check for email on the server without downloading it first. If those programs don't seem suited or you might be wanting to check your email from the odd net cafe you may come across, you can always use one of those internet services which allow you to check other email accounts (I think Hotmail and Start.com.au can, I know NameZero (not free) and Crosswinds can but Crosswind's email service is a little weird at the moment, I think their 'check other accounts' thing is working though) - they'll only display the from and subject lines on the main page and show you the rest when you click on the relevant link. A number of them (such as that for Crosswinds but almost certainly NOT hotmail) are written quite well from the point of view of being lightweight and low bandwidth yet still very useable if you turn images off ... quite useable even through a text-only browser like Lynx (which you could quite happily run through a 2400 baud modem if you felt like it). Of course, an alternative is getting a shell account somewhere (if you don't already have one then your place of work or study may be able to offer one) and just telnetting into that account and using a Unix email client like Pine (this is of course only if you're comfortable with Unix already). Thats how I check my email from my PDA through my cellphone, its actually quite useable (although composing email on a Palm is a real pain in the backside, especially since you can't use the keyboard and the IrDA-to-cellphone link at the same time). Hope this helps! - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
