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How do I increase the number of e-mails that Outlook Express will receive?
It currently receives 20. Thanks...Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxx>
To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; anthmaas@xxxxxx
<anthmaas@xxxxxx>
Date: Monday, October 19, 1998 10:59 AM
Subject: Attached Files and Browser Download Limit
>MetaStock Users:
>There is a problem I noticed today while using this ListServ I think you
should be aware of. If you set
>your Netscape, and probably IE, email client "not to download any message
larger than" a certain size and
>someone on the list sends a large chart, you will only receive a "preview"
of that email. You will only
>receive the full email, with the chart, after you specifically download
that email. If you do not
>download the full email with the chart, it will stay in your ISP's email
server. This applies only to
>regular ISP's and not online services such as AOL. How long that email
stays in your server space is up
>to your ISP. However, you should know most ISP's place a limit as to how
much space you are allowed.
>Some ISP's may not have any time limit as to how long an email stays in
your server space. If you
>continue to get large emails which you do not download, eventually your
server space may fill up and you
>will not receive any new email.
>
>There are 2 ways to solve this problem. The first and easiest is to remove
your email download limit.
>The other is to get an email checker. There are several free ones at
>http://on134th.com/freeware/Mail_Utilities.htm . SpamEater 2.20 is free.
Cyber-Info E-Mail Notify costs
>$20 (it is no longer free). Both allow you to preview and delete email
directly in your ISP server space.
>
>I have a limit of 4,000KB and had 72KB in one email which was over my
download limit. The only way to
>find out what's in your ISP email server space is to log-on to their email
web site, which most of you
>probably don't know how to use, or use one of the above programs.
>
>Daniel Martinez
>
>
>
>A.J. Maas wrote:
>
>> All emails used, no matter what mailprogram you are using, can be stored
to disk
>> as ASCI TXT files, with the extension " .txt ".
>> If you store as " .eml " or some other mail extension, then just rename
that extension
>> into " .txt ". Then open with Notepad(TXT 's default program).
>> Now you can get rid of all the mails inner mumbo jumbo, like its header
etc. or join with
>> other mails into one big file.
>> Then by using WinZip, you can compress store the asci file, and what was
300kB before
>> gets then 90% compressed, reduced to 30kb into a zipfile. A zipfile you
can treat as any other file.
>> In such a zipfile, you can store more and more of the "same subjects"
emails as txt and then
>> also throw this zip(1.36Mb) on Floppy or ZipDisk.
>> Charts too can be also compressed saved in zips, usualy at a lesser
compression rate like
>> 50-80 % and is without any loss of data. Provided you use good zip
progams, of wich WinZip
>> is the easiest and very fast in usage.
>> You'ld be suprised how many zips will fit on a floppy, and how many big
files will fit in a zip, and
>> how many emails will fit in a big file or in a zip.
>>
>> I for one can't be bothered to go out on the net to check on someone
else's charts. Have especialy
>> joined the List as Metastock is a program about and on charts and how it
factory produces these.
>> If charts aren't possible on the List, making it pure an administrative
List, why bother joining
>> the List as there are plenty of administrative programs around with their
own List or News groups.
>> Joining the Digest, textmails only, will stop you from recieving any of
the valueble charts, but then,
>> do not start to wonder on how formulas or patterns etc. do look like, as
physical FREE examples
>> are not available.
>>
>> If I can get them home delivered, why bother going shopping. Thats modern
email technology for
>> you, and with the HTML mails it will even get 'worse' as you can send
along 'moving animating
>> charts', much like sending the playable gifs(as can be seen on the web
and also a few times
>> lately on the List). It is not that many charts are received as there are
"empty" emails.
>> Emails do take up 'x'kB in space too.
>>
>> The Great Picture tells it all. You should see them as receiving free
instructive demo's.
>> There can be as much learned from a chart as there can be from thousends
of words.
>> Don't drive people away from an very informative List, getting it
automaticaly right delivered
>> at your doostep as soon as you log on to send out your other mails and
info.
>> Who then needs the web?
>>
>> And why are you still using old hat Netscape? Internet Explorer these
days is just as fast
>> as Netscape, but in handling is a lot pleasurable, has made Win95 much
more pleasurable, is
>> implemented in Win98 and this is also very important, comes with very
handy Outlook Express,
>> in wich you can contain your own email-warehouse/library, compressed and
all.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ton Maas
>> Ms-IRB@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>> Van: Daniel Martinez <DanM@xxxxxxxx>
>> Aan: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Datum: zaterdag 17 oktober 1998 20:19
>> Onderwerp: Re: MetaStock Update Requests
>>
>> >Richard:
>> >because I have a scanner, I received free software which loads in and
then
>> >converts different formats. I think this method is better than screen
capture.
>> >This way, you won't get any extra objects in your chart which you don't
want
>> >such as your cursor, toolbars, menus, etc... Your PIC's will also come
out
>> >smaller. Because I have my own 5 MB's of personal web space, I can
simply
>> >upload charts to it and then provide a link in my email. The best FTP
software
>> >for uploading to your web space is FTP Explorer. http://www.tucows.com
It's
>> >free. If your ISP didn't provide any personal web space, and most give
at least
>> >2 MB's, you can get a free account at GeoCities or Tripod. You can even
provide
>> >commentary with your PIC. All you need is one of the 3 top
wordprocessors.
>> >Just write your commentary, embed your GIF, save in HTML format and
upload.
>> >
>> >I think it would be more convenient if you used this method. Otherwise,
you
>> >will be sending copies of your chart to 500 people. I personally don't
mind the
>> >charts. However, because I now use Netscape v4.04, all charts and even
>> >attached files are embedded in my email (Netscape uses MIME format). I
can no
>> >longer separate them. This means unless I completely delete the email,
I'm
>> >stuck with an extra 50K chart or other attached files. Some of these
have been
>> >up to 2 MB's in size. My Netscape folders have already exploded to 80
MB's and
>> >I won't be surprised if they grow to 200 MB's.
>> >
>> >Daniel.
>> >
>> >
>> >Richard Estes wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have capture software and post to other lists, it was a 43k chart, I
use
>> >> color and numerous lines. I can't see that being a problem. Not like
the jpg
>> >> charts formed in mswin that would run about +170k. Just trying to get
Equis
>> >> to tell me what rules are.
>> >>
>> >> Richard Estes
>> >> ICQ#402160
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Steve Karnish <kernish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 8:12 PM
>> >> Subject: Re: MetaStock Update Requests
>> >>
>> >> >Richard,
>> >> >The charts you see are usually gifs or jpegs reduced in size to under
20k.
>> >> >Download a utility program like HyperSnap to "screen capture" your
charts
>> >> >and life will go easier for you.
>> >> >http://www.hyperionics.com
>> >> >
>> >> >Steve Karnish
>> >> >CCT
>> >> >
>> >> >----------
>> >> >> From: Richard Estes <rtestes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> >> To: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> Subject: Re: MetaStock Update Requests
>> >> >> Date: Friday, October 16, 1998 2:53 PM
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would like to know why I can't post charts to this list. Have you
set a
>> >> >> size limit? I tried fooling the program by embedded in html
message,
>> >> >still no-go 5 hours later. I see other charts here.
>> >
>> >
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