🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: news.admin
Article #3169

Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k

#3169
From: Craig Jackson drilex1
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 01:10
14 lines
1080 bytes
Excuse me if I'm saying something already said; I only read this group about
half the time.

I'm sure that the ancestral reason for the 64K limit was Notes.  I remember
notes people complaining about large messages all the time, six or seven
years ago.  Also, people complaining that Notes had mangled their messages.
Seeing as though Notes is not a big thing on the net these days, outside
of HP, I don't think that problem still exists.

As the previous poster mentioned, sendmail used to ship with a 100k limit.
-- 
Craig Jackson
dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com
{bbn,alliant,redsox,atexnet,ka3ovk}!drilex!{dricej,dricejb}
Technical Details
Message-ID: <51774@drilex.dri.mgh.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!news.bbn.com!drilex!dricejb
References: <1992Sep22.200435.13018@schbbs.mot.com> <1992Sep25.154521.26353@athena.mit.edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!news.bbn.com!drilex!dricejb
From: dricejb@drilex.dri.mgh.com (Craig Jackson drilex1)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k
Date: 28 Sep 92 01:10:49 GMT
Organization: DRI/McGraw-Hill, Lexington, MA
Lines: 14
Message-ID: <51774@drilex.dri.mgh.com>
References: <1992Sep22.200435.13018@schbbs.mot.com> <1992Sep25.154521.26353@athena.mit.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com