How to stop receiving files?
 

Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages with
large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he wants to
terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking forever to down
load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service Provider and uses
Outlook Express for mail.
Thanks.

How to stop receiving files?
 

If you click Send/Receive, even if the process has started, there is a
dialog box with a Stop button. Perhaps that way? Or he could just terminate
the connection.

The result would be that the message is still on the server. I would assume
he has a message rule to Delete it from server for messages larger than X
size that is normally unchecked. If he checks the rule and downloads again,
the large message will be removed from the server and not downloaded.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages with
large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he wants to
terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking forever to down
load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service Provider and uses
Outlook Express for mail.
Thanks.

How to stop receiving files?
 

If the download is stopped and there were messages downloaded before the
large message, the messages will download again because messages are not
marked as downloaded until the download completes.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you click Send/Receive, even if the process has started, there is a
dialog box with a Stop button. Perhaps that way? Or he could just
terminate the connection.

The result would be that the message is still on the server. I would
assume he has a message rule to Delete it from server for messages larger
than X size that is normally unchecked. If he checks the rule and
downloads again, the large message will be removed from the server and not
downloaded.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages with
large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he wants
to terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking forever to
down load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service Provider and
uses Outlook Express for mail.
Thanks.

How to stop receiving files?
 

Oh damn...so no way to do this?

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If the download is stopped and there were messages downloaded before the
large message, the messages will download again because messages are not
marked as downloaded until the download completes.
--
Ronald Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you click Send/Receive, even if the process has started, there is a
dialog box with a Stop button. Perhaps that way? Or he could just
terminate the connection.

The result would be that the message is still on the server. I would
assume he has a message rule to Delete it from server for messages larger
than X size that is normally unchecked. If he checks the rule and
downloads again, the large message will be removed from the server and
not downloaded.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages
with large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he
wants to terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking
forever to down load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service
Provider and uses Outlook Express for mail.
Thanks.

How to stop receiving files?
 

Go to the Webmail page for the account and delete it there. Or else call
the email provider and ask them to delete ot.

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Oh damn...so no way to do this?

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If the download is stopped and there were messages downloaded before the
large message, the messages will download again because messages are not
marked as downloaded until the download completes.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you click Send/Receive, even if the process has started, there is a
dialog box with a Stop button. Perhaps that way? Or he could just
terminate the connection.

The result would be that the message is still on the server. I would
assume he has a message rule to Delete it from server for messages
larger than X size that is normally unchecked. If he checks the rule and
downloads again, the large message will be removed from the server and
not downloaded.

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages
with large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he
wants to terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking
forever to down load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service
Provider and uses Outlook Express for mail.

How to stop receiving files?
 

Also, the sender of these large files is not really a friend if told to stop and does not.
First, call the sender and tell them bluntly what the problem is and tell them they must stop doing
this.
If they don't stop, go to your web mail access and find the ISP filter options and black list this
sender.

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" wrote in message
...
Go to the Webmail page for the account and delete it there. Or else call the email provider and
ask them to delete ot.

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Oh damn...so no way to do this?

"Ron Sommer" wrote in message
...
If the download is stopped and there were messages downloaded before the large message, the
messages will download again because messages are not marked as downloaded until the download
completes.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
If you click Send/Receive, even if the process has started, there is a dialog box with a Stop
button. Perhaps that way? Or he could just terminate the connection.

The result would be that the message is still on the server. I would assume he has a message
rule to Delete it from server for messages larger than X size that is normally unchecked. If he
checks the rule and downloads again, the large message will be removed from the server and not
downloaded.

"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages with large attachments.
Once he starts to download such but decides he wants to terminate it because eg the file is
too big and is taking forever to down load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service
Provider and uses Outlook Express for mail.

How to stop receiving files?
 

The only safe way I've found to stop the message in transit is to
disconnect the modem (double click the connection icon and select
Disconnect). If you tell OE to cancel the receive, it waits until the
current message completes.

To protect himself in the future in Outlook Express (IE5+): Tools,
Message Rules, Mail Rules, New, Size more than xx KB, Do Not Download
(This needs to be at the top of your messages rules with any other rules
that have an action of Do Not Download or Delete From Server otherwise a
prior rule might trigger a download.)

Mail will download just the smaller ones. With OE5+ you won't get any
obvious indication that there are messages not being downloaded because
of the message rules. If you've just done a Send and Receive and then
immediately do another one, you'll briefly get a display of "Receiving
List of Messages" but nothing will download if all the messages are
getting skipped. If there are no messages still on the server, you
won't see the "Receiving List of Messages" at all.

If desired, you can later increase or remove the limit to download them.
(Or change the action to Delete From Server it you are sure that you
don't want them.)

You should eventually delete them from the server if you decide you
don't want them. Otherwise your server mail box will eventually reach
its limit (set by your ISP).

With many ISPs offer a web mail interface to look at your server mail
box to decide if you want the messages and, if desired, delete them
without downloading.

Or you may be able to use Telnet if they don't offer a web mail
interface. You can find these Telnet instructions at
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...pop3telnet.htm

Or you might also be able to use http://mail2web.com or
http://www.mailstart.com for this function (if your ISP allows outside
access to their POP3 mail server). Or there are some shareware programs
that let you look at messages on the server.

I've set a rule with a limit that I keep enabled. When I want to
download something larger, I uncheck the rule to allow the download,
then recheck it later.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages
with large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he
wants to terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking
forever to down load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service
Provider and uses Outlook Express for mail.
Thanks.

How to stop receiving files?
 

TVG - V.Useful. Thanks.
J
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"Michael Santovec" wrote in message
...
The only safe way I've found to stop the message in transit is to
disconnect the modem (double click the connection icon and select
Disconnect). If you tell OE to cancel the receive, it waits until the
current message completes.

To protect himself in the future in Outlook Express (IE5+): Tools, Message
Rules, Mail Rules, New, Size more than xx KB, Do Not Download
(This needs to be at the top of your messages rules with any other rules
that have an action of Do Not Download or Delete From Server otherwise a
prior rule might trigger a download.)

Mail will download just the smaller ones. With OE5+ you won't get any
obvious indication that there are messages not being downloaded because of
the message rules. If you've just done a Send and Receive and then
immediately do another one, you'll briefly get a display of "Receiving
List of Messages" but nothing will download if all the messages are
getting skipped. If there are no messages still on the server, you won't
see the "Receiving List of Messages" at all.

If desired, you can later increase or remove the limit to download them.
(Or change the action to Delete From Server it you are sure that you don't
want them.)

You should eventually delete them from the server if you decide you don't
want them. Otherwise your server mail box will eventually reach its limit
(set by your ISP).

With many ISPs offer a web mail interface to look at your server mail box
to decide if you want the messages and, if desired, delete them without
downloading.

Or you may be able to use Telnet if they don't offer a web mail interface.
You can find these Telnet instructions at
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_san...pop3telnet.htm

Or you might also be able to use http://mail2web.com or
http://www.mailstart.com for this function (if your ISP allows outside
access to their POP3 mail server). Or there are some shareware programs
that let you look at messages on the server.

I've set a rule with a limit that I keep enabled. When I want to download
something larger, I uncheck the rule to allow the download, then recheck
it later.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"John Brown" wrote in message
...
Friend is on dial up...from time to time he receives e mail messages with
large attachments. Once he starts to download such but decides he wants
to terminate it because eg the file is too big and is taking forever to
down load...how does he do that? He's with Orange Service Provider and
uses Outlook Express for mail.
Thanks.