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On Thu, 1 Apr 1999 00:42:18 -0800 (PST), Gary Singleton wrote:
>It's supposed to give you like 20M of internet storage - mostly for
>transfering files. I have no use for it but it _might_ work for something
>like that.
Most, if not all ISPs give people space for the storage of incoming mail,
web pages and anonymous FTP. This is exactly what I was refering to when I
wrote my message to Hamish and is also the exact reason why large attachments
are considered a DoS. This is because ISPs do limit a large attachment could
exceed the person's disk quota, causing them to loose mail or be charged for
the extra disk space. Many companies and orginizations, too, limit disk
space in the same manner. One can control the size of what is placed there
for others to get, one cannot control the size of what is received through
email.
>PS - My opinion though is that I _hate_ getting
>attachments - takes forever to download since I _am_ on
>a dialup account.
And the other point I touch on. A lot of times people don't want the
attachments. Sometimes they do. An embedded URL allows the recipiant to
decide if they want to download an attachment.
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