Re: debian-user message size limit
On Fri 17 Jun 2022 at 16:24:54 +0100, Gareth Evans wrote:
> Is there a limit for message size on debian-user?
>
> I can't find any such info on
>
> https://lists.debian.org/
>
> https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/
>
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/
>
> but a couple of recent large-ish messages (one ~270K with two
> screenshots, one 70K with log output) have neither got through nor
> bounced back.
>
> It would be helpful to know what it is if there is one.
Don't expect Listmaster to rush here and tell us :),
According to mutt, one of the mails you sent earlier today is 70K
in size:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/06/msg00586.html
Do you hear anyone complaining? You did not. The bandwidth usage is
low and time to download it is minuscule. The wheels are greased in
-user.
However, you cheated and put a log file inline. Naughty :). Good
sense reigns in -user, however, so no one begrudges it.
You know that attachments of ~270K and 70K do not get through. Try
~50K next time and be aware that compression with gzip or xz is a
option. Text files compress well.
If 50K is rejected, no harm is done. Try again to find the upper
limit.
Attacments to a mailing list like -user are an efficient us of its
services. Ephemeral info on other sites isn't of any value to users
in the future.
--
Brian.
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