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Article #4123Re: General file transfer by E-mail
From: woods
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1987 20:57
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1987 20:57
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In article <1824@vax135.UUCP> booth@vax135.UUCP (David Booth) writes:
>1. The software should be able to send a file: (a) of ANY SIZE; (b) of
>ANY CONTENTS; (c) from ANY SITE to any other site that is reachable by
>electronic mail.
Anyone sending huge files by mail through our machine will have his mail
thrown away. We have to pay real money to transmit that stuff. If you want
to send files to another site, establish a uucp link to that site and
pay for it yourself. There's no such thing as a free lunch, which is
what you are asking for. In the first place, many sites, including ours,
have a limit on the maximum size message they will pass, which is built
into the mailer. This automatically makes 1(a) above impossible. Electronic
mail was NOT DESIGNED to send files. Please don't try to use it for a purpose
it is not suited for.
--Greg
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!hao!woods From: woods@hao.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.sources.wanted,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: General file transfer by E-mail Message-ID: <598@hao.UCAR.EDU> Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 15:57:28 EST Article-I.D.: hao.598 Posted: Wed Apr 15 15:57:28 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Apr-87 03:17:13 EST References: <1824@vax135.UUCP> Reply-To: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 20 Summary: EXPENSIVE; Pay for it yourself!