On 25 Jun 01, at 17:57, Alan S. Harrell wrote:
> I see you are using Pegasus, Steve. You can limit the size of your
> mail downloaded by Pegasus from any of your pop3 accounts:
>
> Tools | Internet Options | Receiving (POP3) {tab}
>
> Enter an amount in the box that reads "Do not download mail larger
> than: [ ]KB"
>
> You can then use the selective download feature of Pegasus mail to
> peek at the sizes of messages on the server and delete those on the
> server too large to download. That does not bounce the message back
> to the sender, but at least you do not have to download those large
> messages.
It's not the download that bothers me so much as
the possibility that the mailbox(s) will exceed
the limit, causing wanted mail to bounce,
automatic cancelation of subscriptions and the
like.
I use Mercury32 to download several accounts at
home and can always filter out junk like HTML
content from unkown sources.
But I think it would be cool to actually
bounce/reject mail at the server level, with a
note about size limits. If anyone has an urgent
need to send a large file they can always contact
me for an alternative email address.
> As to your original question, I feel sure that
> most free pop3 services would take any size
> message that fit into your allowed mailbox
> space.
I know some will reject mail larger than 1M or 2M
even when the mailbox limit is higher.
> So the smaller the mailbox, the better
> chance you would have of bouncing large
> messages.
That's a good point. I've reduced the problem
somewhat by picking up a few of the services
recommended on this list and spreading my
subscriptions out.
But what I would really like is my "public"
addresses, the ones most known by others, to
automatically refuse any mail over, say 100K in
size. Too many people just don't have a clue,
and I don't know how to educate them without a
stick.
I really appreciate this list.
Thanks,
Steve
