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 <LI><a href=#15>Can I use RSS feeds with password protected logbooks?
 <LI><a href=#16>How can I mark a whole thread open or closed?
 <LI><a href=#17>Does elog have a spell checker?
+<LI><a href=#18>Why are entries with large attachments submitted so slowly?
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@@ -322,7 +323,20 @@ two separate logbooks. One can still search both logbooks at the same time if on
 No, but you can use any spell checker which works with your browser. Examples are
 <a href="http://www.iespellc.com">IESpell</a> for Internet Explorer and 
 <a href="http://spellbound.sourceforge.net">SpellBound</a> for Mozilla-based 
-browsers.
+browsers.<p>
+
+<LI><a name=18><b>Why are entries with large attachments submitted so slowly?</b>
+<p>
+If email notifications are used, the ELOG program has to pass these attachments
+to the email server, which might take quite some time. Some email servers even
+don't allow to forward attachments if they are larger than a few mega bytes. In
+that one can simply turn off the forwarding of email attachments with
+
+<pre>Email format = 111</pre> 
+
+this causes only the attachment names being forwarded, not the attachments
+themselves.<p>
+
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