Hi Peter from the Danish Peninsula, home of the late Victor Borge, Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 11:37:17 AM, you wrote:
> Bob, > On 10-09-2008 19:12, you wrote in > <mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> One of the last Mail Management pane items to be possibly checked is >> this, "When inactive, disconnect after (X) seconds." Is it better to >> check that or to not check it when one has an always-on DSL >> connection? > I'd not check it. > It means that it disconnects from the server if you do not "work" with > it. On xDSL there should be no reason for this. I was thinking of conserving bandwidth in the whole system. I think of IMAP as very handy (convenient) but perhaps using much more bandwidth than POP. Am I mistaken? >> And - does that mean that TB becomes active when I do something like >> select or open a message? > If you have set the appropriate options under Automatically connect to > server it will. Ok. Thank you for that informative reply. I appreciate it. -- Take Care, Bob -- Using The Bat! 4.0.34.1 Windows XP 5.1 build 2600 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html