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In article <arnoud.0chl@amiga1.xs4all.nl> arnoud@amiga1.xs4all.nl (Arnoud W. Morsink) writes:
> Michael V. David (michael@neopost.bryn-athyn.pa.us) wrote:
> : The question is, what machine/system has to execute the rmail command,
> : and how long a command line can it handle?
>
> But is there a general answer to the question "what happens when the line's
> longer than the executing machine 'can handle'"? Will any addresses beyond
> that limit just get cut off, or will the rmail command fail altogether?

The general answer is "it depends on the machine executing the rmail command".

Whatever happens will depend on what that particular machine does when the
input command length is exhausted, but the input line isn't. Some truncate,
some fail altogether.

> : Also, whether your MaxRMailLen setting is effective depends on the
> : Sendmail/RMail that you are using, and the Amiga OS version. I have
> : wusel's sendmail/rmail with AmigaOS 3.1.

This is not correct. How long a MaxRMailLen you can set for _your_ system
depends on those things. For a remote system, it doesn't.

> UUCP 1.17b4 sendmail/rmail (V1.17-beta.31 Jun 02 1994), AmigaOS 2.1.

Again, I've said it several times in the last couple of weeks: unless you've
completely tested and understand how the _remote system_ works, 510 is the
maximum "safe" value (for 2.04 and above). If you are running WShell as the
default shell on your system, and the standard shell NEVER gets called by
anything, then a higher value is OK.

I think that _ever_ setting it over 1024 is silly. Many Unices have that as
an input command limit.
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