On 18 Dec 96, John M. Roraback wrote:
 
> > Flash sessions will simply not download
> > the mail, rather that serializing the names during download.  If theAOL
> > software finds a previous file with the same name as the file it is trying
> > to download, it doesn't.  And it lists a totally vague message in the flash
> > session dialoge box.
>
> This is not quite true. AOL software will rename the attached file, including
> large digests which have been transformed into a file attachment, by
> substitiuting a number for a letter in the file name. However, it is true that
> it is a confusing system for novices and inconvenient for all.
>
> "Flash sessions" will download attached files, but you must configure your
> mail to do this automatically, other wise "Flash sessions" will only download
> the mail items.
 
Perhaps there was a change from version 2 to version 3 -- this client of mine
has version two and it has totally stopped his AOL flash session more than once
when it incountered a duplicate file name one download.  I haven't loaded the
newest AOL yet, perhaps this will stop the problem.
 
Liz
 
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