On 02/28/2012 06:33 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 02/28/2012 06:05 PM, MCBastos wrote: >> Interviewed by CNN on 28/02/2012 21:24, NoOp told the world: >> >>> You don't run the "risk of downloading 20mb attachments by accident" >>> with POP if you have your settings properly set. On the other hand, I >>> see no options to configure IMAP on SeaMonkey to: 1) fetch only headers, >>> and 2) limit download size. I do however have these options for a POP >>> account: >> >> Option 1 is not available because that's the standard behavior of IMAP. >> IMAP will ALWAYS download only the headers initially, and the message >> body only when actually opening the message. The whole point of IMAP is >> keeping the message stored on the server, so it doesn't "prefetch" messages. >> >>> I note that setting isn't available for an IMAP account - I wonder why >>> as I have a greater chance of downloading attachments automatically >>> without it... particularly since the option below also isn't available >>> in IMAP settings. >>> >>> Edit|Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings|<account>|To save disk space, do >>> not download: x Messages larger than __ KB >> >> Well, since email in IMAP is only *temporarily* stored on local disk, >> the "save disk space" justification is just not there. But... > > Found it: > > Edit|Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings|<account>|Synchronization & > Storage|Disk Space: Don't download: x Messages larger than __ KB
Doesn't work. I just set it in the IMAP account for 500KB and it still downloads the entire 2.5MB attachment when you click on the msg header. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
