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Re: Email Is Still the Best Thing on the Internet

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On 19/08/2014 13:32, Rich wrote:
> Dario Niedermann <dnied@tiscali.it> wrote:
>> polygonum <rmoudndgers@vrod.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>> resynchronise email
>
>> This must be a Windows thing, because I've never heard of it.
>
> It's an outlook thing (so yes, Windows).  Outlook attempts to "pretend"
> to be a local mta and mua, while simultaneously being just a mua as far
> as the exchange server is concerned.
>
> So, the first time you connect via outlook to exchange on any
> workstation, it begins by downloading the entire contents of your
> exchange folders to a local outlook mail database file.  If one has a
> large size set of exchange folders (as in, lots of bytes) this process
> can take some time.  Esp. over a slow net' connection.
>
Whilst it might be more often encountered in a Windows environment, it 
happens in other circumstances. E.g. when connecting an Android phone to 
Gmail. You might decide only to synchronise 24 hours but it is possible 
to choose much further back.

Yes, it can take lots and lots of time. Even with a fast internet 
connection (e.g. two 80 mbps together).

What would make a lot of sense is for an email client to have an option 
to strip out large attachments and make them available by a link 
(whether to Dropbox, ftp, or whatever else).

-- 
Rod

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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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