[X4U] Max Mail Size?

[Eugene]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 10:59:13AM -0400, Cover, Chris wrote:
: Steve Self wrote:
: >On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:52 AM, Cover, Chris wrote:
: >>
: >> It appears that there is a maximum size for mail. Is this true?

Chris, this is terribly vague.  Try again.

: > One issue to be aware of is the maximum size of your email partition
: > with your server. Often these are limited at 5 or 10 MB. Thus,
: > depending on what mail your are currently sending and receiving, you
: > might be limited to a 3-4 MB file. It also depends on whether it is a
: > POP or IMAP account. IMAP accounts can have a lot of mail stored on the
: > server, if configured that way, and this further limits the size of
: > files that can be sent.
: 
: The problem I had was in responsing to an email from this list. It
: bounced back saying that the admin would have to approve of the email
: because it was "too large." But nowhere near 5MB

Okay, much better.  The list admins have set up a custom rule that
limits incoming messages to a specific size to protect list members
from being overwhelmed by spam or otherwise large mail messages.  It
also helps to force list members to trim their messages instead of
quoting a message several hundred lines long and top-posting with a
"me-too" one-line response.


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Eugene Lee
http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/