Hello Jonathan, On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:10:36 -0600 GMT (18/01/03, 02:10 +0700 GMT), Jonathan Angliss wrote:
>>>> It is technically possible to filter on that, very much like an >>>> HTML attachment is now shown as such in the attachment pane. >>>> Currently it is not possible to filter on attachment extensions, >>>> but I believe it is in the wishlist. >>> I'm confused... are you saying you can filter on an attachment >>> header? >> Technically, yes. > Enlighten me... I'd love to know... honest. :) OK. Let's assume the header says text/alternative. The alternative (below the boundary) has some file ending on .html. The viewer knows this is to be displayed as an attachment, and does a good job. Now, neither the filters not the search function in TB look at the "lower headers" (the technical information contained just below the boundary). It would technically ot be a problem to make TB look there. Now, please CMIIW. The situation with messages sent in text/html is different. TB renders a plaint text version for display, but due to a philosophy I don't agree with <g> won't save that plain text version. But technically, it would still be possible. >> You say that it will slow the system down. I say that *if* you want >> to use such a filter, you will have to accept a slow-down of a few >> nano-seconds. If you don't want that, don't use such a filter. ;-) > This is true I guess, but it wouldn't be a few nano-seconds for large > attached emails. I get some in the range of 90-200meg sometimes, and > even just selecting and opening them can take some time. Yes, that is true. I myself would send a non-ambiguous message to the sender of an an email with such an attachment (as I do with anybody who sends me attachments larger than 400K - increased from 100K a few years ago), but your requirements may differ. ;-) -- Cheers, Thomas. Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste. "I'm not rushing into being in love. I'm finding fourth grade hard enough." (Regina, 10) Message reply created with The Bat! 1.63 Beta/3 under Chinese Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A using an AMD Athlon K7 1.2GHz, 128MB RAM ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
