I have cable modem but am still annoyed by HTML mail and images. I still have to wait for it to load, even if I don't want to see it in the first place. And as mentioned above, it fills my inbox, which has a 10 meg limit (including everything I'm saving) before it starts bouncing mail. Most of the HTML mail I get is spam.
I just noticed that my email allows me to send out email 5 MEGS in size. Yeesh!
I've had occasion to legitimately send mail that size, but it wasn't a) by accident, b) frivolously when a shorter message would have sufficed, c) unexpected by the recipient, nor d) to a mailing list.
(Employer wanted me to create a rather large PDF and preferred email as the method of delivery. Tied up my modem a good long time sending it.)
I've also gotten expected email that had a reason to be 1.5 MB; if I'm warned it's coming, it's something I want or need, and there's a good reason for it to be that large, it's not a problem. I can make sure I've got enough room left under my disk quota, and download it soon after it arrives. But there has to be a good reason it's sent as attachments instead of just pointers to a web site.
"Most of the HTML mail I get is spam."
Same here, but I also occasionally get HTML mail from relatives, and I've got at least two friends using webmail services that do not appear to be capable of sending plaintext messages. *sigh*
I probably ought to whitelist those two and write a filter rule that bounces any other HTML with a snark-o-gram. (No, no, on second thought that would tell spammers the address is valid, wouldn't it?)
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I just noticed that my email allows me to send out email 5 MEGS in size. Yeesh!
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(Employer wanted me to create a rather large PDF and preferred email as the method of delivery. Tied up my modem a good long time sending it.)
I've also gotten expected email that had a reason to be 1.5 MB; if I'm warned it's coming, it's something I want or need, and there's a good reason for it to be that large, it's not a problem. I can make sure I've got enough room left under my disk quota, and download it soon after it arrives. But there has to be a good reason it's sent as attachments instead of just pointers to a web site.
"Most of the HTML mail I get is spam."
Same here, but I also occasionally get HTML mail from relatives, and I've got at least two friends using webmail services that do not appear to be capable of sending plaintext messages. *sigh*
I probably ought to whitelist those two and write a filter rule that bounces any other HTML with a snark-o-gram. (No, no, on second thought that would tell spammers the address is valid, wouldn't it?)