Re: Serious newsreaders

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:15:08 -0600, Howard Brazee wrote:

>>You cannot download the body of an article *without* downloading the
>>attachment(s) as well.
>>
>>You cannot download the body of an article *without* downloading the
>>attachment(s) as well.
>>
>>Start over and read again...
>
> Where there's a need, eventually there will be a solution. It may
> have to require a new mail protocol though.

There already is a solution. Yuo can separate the text-part and binary-part
while _posting_. Some newsreaders can even automate that process.
Ofcourse, if the poster doesn't use the solution, the downloaders will be
unable to use it as well.

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