size of emails [Was: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Fw: Crash on doubling still]

[Joern Thyssen]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 03:46:42PM +0200, Holger wrote
> At 02:09 17.09.2003 -0300, Albert Silver wrote:
> >My mailbox was locked up and downloading this 5 MB image (that only
> >shows it crashed) took AGES, and people who have dialup connections will
> >likely take about 2 hours to download this. Every single person who
> >subscribes to this mailing list is going to have to suffer through this,
> >and mind you I've seen complaints for downloads 1/10th the size. Sorry
> >if this comes across as harsh, but it was a pain.
> 
> I fully agree.
> 
> And I'd like to add a tip for those who didn't know:
> 
> Most mailers can be configured not to download mails above a definable size.

I've configured the mailing list to discard messages with a body over
100 kb. I'm not sure if this affects attachments too -- I hope so.

If some of you are familiar with mailman and know where to find an
max attachment size in the adm. interface, please let me know!

Jørn

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