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 ~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~ Liz & the Terv Herd Somewhere on the beautiful Oregon coast Spiritbrook Working Labradors, Siberians, Tervuren John 4:14 ~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~@~~ [log in to unmask] http://www.harborside.com/home/l/lizm