You bring up a very good point.
From what you have described I think your email client sets up individual connections to the Internet for each item it has to download. Since the thread subscription is in html format we can put in supplementary items like images to enhance the look and feel of the email. I think if you open your connection to the Internet before reading your mail it would not repeatedly try to connect. Instead it would download in one stream.
We try to consider everyone as we implement new features but sometimes we overlook some users. We send out text only newsletters we should also give the option of text only thread subscriptions. I will be putting that on my short list and hopefully we can get that up soon. I'll send you a (text) email when it is in place.
Thank you for your input.
-Neil
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