[lit-ideas] Re: New York and San Jacinto
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:30:08 -0500
I wrote up a humorous response and deleted it. I see you're very upset, so
humor wouldn't be appropriate. If you're using an email system in your
computer, like Outlook, you can set it to send attachments directly to a
folder, then burn the folder to another drive, such as a CD drive (I think
that's D or H). Or perhaps periodically archive the emails into a folder
and put them on a CD so they don't take up as much space. If you're on a
University server, one of the people in the IT department might be able to
set it up for you. At some point no matter how small each post, the sheer
number will use all the space. In the 90's on my old computer I was using
a zip drive (I don't think they make them anymore) and I liked it. It was
an entire drive and I inserted it each time I wanted to do email. When one
filled up, I'd get another. Now I imagine CD's are used for that but I've
never done it so I don't know. This laptop is 60% empty so I don't have
any incentive.
In the meantime, I do apologize for my comment to Andreas. I think too
that you might consider filtering my posts into a delete folder so they
never hit your system and you don't have to be bothered with them.
> [Original Message]
> From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 1/22/2006 10:58:08 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: New York and San Jacinto
>
> > I'm told they do take up space. Delete and view on the Freelistss
website.
> > They're right there.
>
> No kidding, Irene? You thought that I said what I did for no reason at
> all? That I was simply wrong? That Eric had no reason to say he'd not
> send any more such attachments for fear of flooding people's mailboxes
> (so that what he said really made no sense)?
>
> When you said 'Don't listen Andreas,' exactly what didn't you want him
> to listen to? My suggestion that he or someone else set up a web page
> for photo viewing? Why?
>
> My mailbox would probably have accommodated the few files that were sent
> had it not been stuffed with over 60 emails from Irene Cassidy that came
> in recently within the space of twelve hours or so.
>
> I hope that no one will follow your nonsensical suggestion to 'delete
> and view on the Freelists website.' They get to my mailbox (which has
> over 8,300 emails in it that I want to save) IN ANY CASE. They take up
> space BEFORE they can be deleted. If my mailbox gets over 90% full, it
> is annoying to use because of the constant little warning messages that
> follow every act of saving, deleting, forwarding, etc. If it goes over
> its capacity it is IMPOSSIBLE TO DELETE anything without going to Reed's
> iMap server. This isn't your problem, but you can help me with it by
> taking me at my word when I say that if people start sending jpgs.,
> gifs, and so on, it will clog my god damn mailbox in short order. I
> don't sit constantly before my iBook ready to pounce on any troublesome
> file: stuff comes in overnight. It comes in when I'm on a walk, or
> taking a bath, or writing my novel. Comprenez?
>
> Maybe it will be possible for you to see that somebody else might have
> reasons for what they say. One can always hope.
>
> Robert Paul
> Reed College
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