Hi Johannes,
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:00:57 +0200GMT (08/08/2000, 18:00 +0800GMT),
Johannes M. Posel wrote:
>> Try again with varying speeds betwenn 200 baud and 1.7K per second on
>> a phone line that disconnects every couple of minutes. I have a 56K
>> modem, but that does not mean that I actually get the data with that
>> speed.
JMP> Hey Thomas, RealityCheck� ! With a 56k, on *average* (digital) phone
JMP> lines you get, varying with the distance to the VST, at least 33,6k,
JMP> mostly between 42-50kbps!
In Germany, maybe. That's where my POP server is, yes. But my computer
is in Taiwan. I have never, ever have had even 33.6K or any of the
other speeds you're talking about, and it is mostly around 1K (that's
at home, in downtown Taipei). If you don't believe me, please come
here.
>> Also, it's not one message that may take longer. Take a list of 100
>> postings per day, and imagine each posting comes 4 or 5K extra.
JMP> You're using a modem. Modems feature compression that works quite
JMP> nice. eMails are text. Text can be compressed at very high rates.
Granted. But no reason to unnecessary blow up a message to 300% of
it's original size with a 4K "signature".
JMP> There is a S/MIME 1.45 release...
You'll find it on the beta page.... ;-)
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Cheers,
Thomas.
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