Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-17 Thread Aidan Gauland
Maybe it would help to use the basic HTML interface, which doesn't require (or even use?) JavaScript. That's what I set my account to use, because it ran too slowly when using JavaScript with my slow, rural dial-up connection. -Aidan Zane Gilmore wrote: I do know that Gmail's AJAX stuff

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Don Gould
That relates to 1500mb per month, assuming you work 30 days a month. A 3G (read 'expensive') data plan costs $60/month. Remind me what your charge out rate is? What did it cost your firm to tell you that your net usage is so high? Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions,

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am being queried about my internet usage at the office and it is high compared to everyone else. A lot of it appears to be to from google IP addresses. I don't look up THAT much stuff on google every day, but I wonder if

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Jim Cheetham
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions, but isn't this a bit silly? There's nothing silly in querying higher than normal usage; as it may indicate that you have a compromised PC forming part of a botnet

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions, but isn't this a bit silly? There's nothing silly in querying higher than normal usage; as

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Christopher Sawtell
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions, but isn't this a bit

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Christopher Sawtell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:10 PM, Jim Cheetham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really...

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-16 Thread Don Gould
I agree some good points there Jim. Cheers Don Jim Cheetham wrote: On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 6:34 PM, Don Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really... if you were using 20gb/month I might ask questions, but isn't this a bit silly? There's nothing silly in querying higher than normal usage; as it

OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-15 Thread Nick Rout
I am being queried about my internet usage at the office and it is high compared to everyone else. A lot of it appears to be to from google IP addresses. I don't look up THAT much stuff on google every day, but I wonder if its gmail updating when I leave it open in my browser - it does update

Re: OT: just how wordy is gmail?

2008-07-15 Thread Zane Gilmore
I do know that Gmail's AJAX stuff does a lot of talking to and from the server. It might be that it can get pretty big over time. On 16/07/2008 at 3:45 p.m., in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Rout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am being queried about my internet usage at the office and it is