it appears that i am lucky, my isp tells me that i have no limit so i
guess won't be causing any bounce backs, still a strange phenomenon
though, i leave messages on the server as a backup for the number of
times i have to reinstall (i'm lazy i know) but having joined a few
lists it's getting a little unfeasible,
i'll just have let them go.
bascule
"F. E. Schaper" wrote:
>
> In most cases ISP's have a space limit set for users...I know for my hosting
> company it is 50MB...my site files and such take up 40 or so MB leaving me
> with 10MB for mail (for which I have 6 or 7 POP3 boxes setup)...since you
> said that you had thousands and thousands of messages I am kind of surprised
> that your ISP did not inform you, you were going over your limit...that is
> assuming you have one, which if you do not is also surprising in itself.
>
> I know it seems like a pain, but you should consider yourself lucky...also
> unless there is really no way to avoid it you should try not to keep your
> mail on the server.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Fritz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: bascule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 12:28 PM
> Subject: [newbie] off topic (but not really)
>
> > this is only vaguely related to this list but i figure a lot of people
> > here use netscape and i have a question:
> >
> > i use netscape 4.72 128 bit in windows98 (modem doesn't work in linux
> > but i have strong suspicion this is a hardware fault caused by lightning
> > strike!)
> > i have 'leave messages on server' option on preferences ticked with
> > 'delete messages on server if deleted locally' selected also (this is
> > not an option if the former is not checked,
> > however messages on my isp server are not being deleted, ifound out when
> > i tried netscape 6 pre release and it wanted to download thousands and
> > thousands of messages!
> >
> > is this a bug perhaps, any one else had this, i am in communication with
> > my isp as well but i wondered if any one else had ever come across this,
> >
> > if i'm not careful then i could be responsible for people on the list
> > receiving 'message bounced' emails if i use up my message quota,
> >
> > not wishing to cause annoyance i am trying to nip this in the bud while
> > i can.
> >
> > bascule
> >
> >
> >
