On Thu, 7 Jan 1993 12:22:09 -0400 MRUPS@BROOK said:
 
>Not  to mention  the fact  that, the  more screens  there are,  the more
>tedious it  is to read  the things, even if  your system *does*  let you
>download off the mailer (some systems evidently don't...).
 
That was not my  point. Of course a 3000 lines file  takes longer to read
than a file of 1000 lines, but three files of 1000 lines (arriving at the
same time, give or  take a couple minutes) don't buy  you anything over a
file of 3000.  The end user isn't gaining anything  from having the thing
split into three  files. His broken mail system might  be fooled into not
rejecting the file  because it is sent  in smaller pieces, but  to a user
with a decent mail system there is no benefit.
 
  Eric