On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Oct 2002 22:08, you wrote:
> > Damn shame, I thought they looked prettier :-) ...just joking
> > So ok point taken...thank you peoples.
>
> They can indeed look prittier, but the main point is that they at least triple
> the amount of traffic sent. In the past and for people overseas on expensive
> connections that can be of some consequence.
>
And for people like me who download mail slooowly while updating Debian
with a 56k POT modem.
Phil.
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