From:	Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com
Subject:	length of messages
Date:	Fri, 5 Mar 1999 08:58:07 +1000

Gurth writes:
> It would be much appreciated if you could do the same thing, for the
> reasons I just explained. If you have limited space at your provider, you
> can do several things -- for example, check your mail more often; delete
> all messages except those you absolutely want to keep (and those you
> should be able to save, download to your computer at home, and
> erase); get
> a POP3 account somewhere; or open an account that provides more space for
> email.

Actually, the single best thing you can do to save _space_ is to get the
list in digest form. Each message has at the front of it a fairly large
header, which you won't see unless you poke around. This header is saved in
the message, and it takes up a large amount of space when you get the mail
in bulk, like this list generates.

If you only check email once a day, getting the digest version will probably
save you about 20% of the disk space.

(Of course, digest version is harder to read, and not as convienent to reply
to (well, not in Unix, under ELM, with a suitable filter, but in general))

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