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Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet

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polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> wrote:
> On 19/08/2014 21:46, Rich wrote:
> > So possible, but it is something that can't simply be implimented in
> > the client only.

> I really don't see why it couldn't be pure client.

> The bit of the client that allows you to attach simply has to say "Would 
> you like to post this file to Dropbox and insert a link into the email?" 
> - maybe with "If the file you are trying to attach is > 100 kb".

> What am I missing?

Oh, you meant when sending the email initially.

The context of the rest of the thread was synchronizing an empty client with
an existing server, holding existing emails, that already have
attachments in the emails sitting on the server.

Yes, doing a "put it into dropbox, link in the email" at the client
side, for sending an email with an attachment, is easily doable.

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Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-15 02:51 +0000
  Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-18 15:08 +0000
    Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2014-08-18 20:09 +0000
      Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-08-18 21:03 +0000
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-08-18 22:18 +0100
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-18 22:21 +0100
          Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-18 21:57 +0000
          Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> - 2014-08-19 14:12 +0200
            Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-08-19 13:15 +0100
            Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-19 12:32 +0000
              Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-19 18:59 +0100
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-19 20:46 +0000
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-19 21:58 +0100
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-08-19 21:10 +0000
                Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-19 22:20 +0100
          Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-08-20 08:40 +0000
            Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> - 2014-08-20 20:56 +0100
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Will Honea <whonea@whonea.net> - 2014-08-18 15:34 -0600
        Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-08-20 19:50 +0000
  Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-08-22 07:34 -0700

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