Does PowerPlugs: Emoticons add much size (and therefore download time) to my email messages?
The still or animated graphics that PowerPlugs: Emoticons adds to an email message only increases the file size by about 4KB, which is less than 10% for an average 40K email (including attachments). When using a standard dial-up modem connection, this will add a negligible 2 or 3 seconds to the time it takes to download a message. Of course, for those using a broadband Internet connection, it will produce virtually no measurable slowdown at all.