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Re: maximum reliable message length?

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From: Paul Vixie
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1991 17:53
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most of us use 64K as the max message size when we post or mail something.
a lot of TCP/SMTP mailers have no upper limit, but the world is not yet
full of those.

cheers,
-- 
Paul Vixie
DEC Western Research Lab	<vixie@pa.dec.com>	<paul@vixie.sf.ca.us>
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From: vixie@pa.dec.com (Paul Vixie)
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Subject: Re: maximum reliable message length?
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