[rhino]

My e-mail woes continue.

As discussed before, I have a dial-up account. That means big e-mail messages and attachments hose my entire system. People continue to send huge files to me even after I specifically ask them to stop.

When I could use Eudora, I could block messages over a certain size, then I'd have the option to either delete or download. That worked great. Unfortunately with the new e-mail server (Gmail), I can no longer connect with Eudora. I even had a buddy download a newer version of Eudora, and it still won't connect properly, regardless of the settings.

So, for now I am stuck with Outlook Express, but I can't seem to find a way to block big messages before it starts to download them. To make things worse, once it starts downloading something huge, it won't stop. If I disconnect, close OE, and restart everything, it just starts over again, grinding away on the same message. Sometimes it downloads the same huge thing multiple times. Currently it's been working on the same message for almost three hours (which means reading here is really slow too). I can't get to the rest of my e-mail until it finishes.

I've even tried going directly to gmail and deleting anything that looks like it has an attachment before I start OE and try to download. It doesn't always work.

So . . . any ideas on how to block large files using Outlook Express? Is it possible? If so, how do I do it?

(I'm not asking for suggestions to get a broadband connection or other e-mail clients. I need to know whether or not I can block big files with OE).

Thanks!