email message previews

merrie · 22 Feb 2002, 02:24 PM

A question and an idea:

As reading an email uses bandwidth, do previews use bandwidth? I have the previews option on for all folders. It shows the first three lines, and I've found that sometimes is enough so that I don't have to open the email. Even for replying, if I don't have to respond point by point, just clicking on the address to send the message, instead of opening the email and hitting reply, could save bandwidth. Unless the previews use bandwidth.

Also, yesterday, two previews showed 6 lines of the email instead of three. ???

Jeremy Howard · 22 Feb 2002, 02:27 PM

A meaningful amount of bandwidth is only used by downloading attachments. Each character is one "byte". Guests have forty million bytes per month. If each preview line is 40 characters on average, that's a million previews!

Anyway, you can turn them off in the Folders screen if you like.

merrie · 22 Feb 2002, 02:33 PM

Thanks, Jeremy, for the reply. :-)

I wasn't worried about reaching my limit, just thinking that using previews could save bandwidth in general.

So previews does use bandwidth, then? If I look at another folder and then go back to the inbox, is it using up bandwidth again each time I look?

Jeremy Howard · 22 Feb 2002, 02:39 PM

It's using up our bandwidth to send it to you (a tiny amount, at least) but it's not being counted against your account.

merrie · 22 Feb 2002, 02:47 PM

Now I feel guilty. ;-) Here I was trying to help fastmail....

Well, I'm sure I'll never reach my limit or use too much. I've only used 13.7 this month out of 250!

lux · 23 Feb 2002, 03:56 AM

I only used 3.2, so, pretty much of them were wasted...

merrie · 23 Feb 2002, 05:25 AM

I don't look at it as being wasted. I look at my allotment as insurance that I can relax and not worry about the emails I'm sending or receiving.

I want to support fastmail, which is why I signed up for Full/5 years. The more bandwidth I can save them, the happier I am. :-)

22 Feb 2002, 02:24 PM	#1
merrie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 18	email message previews A question and an idea: As reading an email uses bandwidth, do previews use bandwidth? I have the previews option on for all folders. It shows the first three lines, and I've found that sometimes is enough so that I don't have to open the email. Even for replying, if I don't have to respond point by point, just clicking on the address to send the message, instead of opening the email and hitting reply, could save bandwidth. Unless the previews use bandwidth. Also, yesterday, two previews showed 6 lines of the email instead of three. ???

22 Feb 2002, 02:27 PM	#2
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	A meaningful amount of bandwidth is only used by downloading attachments. Each character is one "byte". Guests have forty million bytes per month. If each preview line is 40 characters on average, that's a million previews! Anyway, you can turn them off in the Folders screen if you like.

22 Feb 2002, 02:33 PM	#3
merrie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 18	Thanks, Jeremy, for the reply. :-) I wasn't worried about reaching my limit, just thinking that using previews could save bandwidth in general. So previews does use bandwidth, then? If I look at another folder and then go back to the inbox, is it using up bandwidth again each time I look?

22 Feb 2002, 02:39 PM	#4
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	It's using up our bandwidth to send it to you (a tiny amount, at least) but it's not being counted against your account.

22 Feb 2002, 02:47 PM	#5
merrie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 18	Now I feel guilty. ;-) Here I was trying to help fastmail.... Well, I'm sure I'll never reach my limit or use too much. I've only used 13.7 this month out of 250!

23 Feb 2002, 03:56 AM	#6
lux The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,274	I only used 3.2, so, pretty much of them were wasted...

23 Feb 2002, 05:25 AM	#7
merrie Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 18	I don't look at it as being wasted. I look at my allotment as insurance that I can relax and not worry about the emails I'm sending or receiving. I want to support fastmail, which is why I signed up for Full/5 years. The more bandwidth I can save them, the happier I am. :-)