From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/43209 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jesper Harder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Prolem with attachments. Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:25:39 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035178339 16362 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 05:32:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 05:32:19 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 11734 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2002 15:26:31 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (mail@129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 20 Feb 2002 15:26:31 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 16dYdJ-0007jK-00; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:26:13 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:26:14 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA22785 for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:26:04 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 11727 invoked by alias); 20 Feb 2002 15:25:58 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 11722 invoked from network); 20 Feb 2002 15:25:58 -0000 Original-Received: from fepc.post.tele.dk (195.41.46.147) by gnus.org with SMTP; 20 Feb 2002 15:25:58 -0000 Original-Received: from defun.localdomain ([195.249.130.22]) by fepC.post.tele.dk (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20020220152556.NBBJ17715.fepC.post.tele.dk@defun.localdomain> for ; Wed, 20 Feb 2002 16:25:56 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (fte@lightwerk.com's message of "Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:17:08 +0000 (UTC)") Original-Lines: 27 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43209 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:43209 fte@lightwerk.com (Frank Tegtmeyer) writes: > Matthieu Moy writes: > >> Is the real question "Should I send the message in a readable >> format?" > > No, as others already pointed out it is a safeguard against exceeding > limits of some MTAs or gateways. There are still systems that have > size limits for messages but not for the number of messages. I don't think size limits are that uncommon. Several of the SMTP servers I use announce the maximum size with the SMTP extension `SIZE' (RFC 1653) when you connect, e.g. 220 fepB.post.tele.dk ESMTP server (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) EHLO defun.localdomain 250-fepB.post.tele.dk 250-HELP 250-XREMOTEQUEUE 250-ETRN 250-PIPELINING 250-DSN 250-8BITMIME 250 SIZE 10240000 So it will reject mails larger than 10240000 bytes.