Subject: Attachments too long

From: [email-masked] (Paul Johnson)
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 18:06:29 GMT

Hi All,

I am trying to attach a binary file to an outgoing email intended for 
aol.com, and my mail gets bounced back with a warning that the message is 
too long.  I have read all of the PINE help files and I cannot find a way 
to tell it to break the message up into chunks.  Does such a facility 
exist?  If not, is there a better way (other than suggesting to my 
clients that they not use aol)?

Thanks,

Paul
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From: [email-masked] (David Mullaney)
Date: 27 Dec 1995 18:52:39 GMT

Paul Johnson ([email-masked]) wrote:

: I am trying to attach a binary file to an outgoing email intended for 
: aol.com, and my mail gets bounced back with a warning that the message is 
: too long.  I have read all of the PINE help files and I cannot find a way 
: to tell it to break the message up into chunks.  Does such a facility 
: exist?  If not, is there a better way (other than suggesting to my 
: clients that they not use aol)?

Is the cover note too long -- or the binary attachment?
Try just sending the cover letter.  Splitting up the binary and putting
it back together is a lot trickier than splitting up a text file.

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From: [email-masked] (Paul Johnson)
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 22:11:21 GMT

David Mullaney ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Paul Johnson ([email-masked]) wrote:

: : I am trying to attach a binary file to an outgoing email intended for 
: : aol.com, and my mail gets bounced back with a warning that the message is 
: : too long.  I have read all of the PINE help files and I cannot find a way 
: : to tell it to break the message up into chunks.  Does such a facility 
: : exist?  If not, is there a better way (other than suggesting to my 
: : clients that they not use aol)?

: Is the cover note too long -- or the binary attachment?
: Try just sending the cover letter.  Splitting up the binary and putting
: it back together is a lot trickier than splitting up a text file.

It is the binary attachment which is too long, once converted via 
BASE64.  Many mailers automatically break up attachments into multiple 
attachments of a maximum length (e.g. 10,000 bytes) so that they can pass 
through all possible gateways.  I thought perhaps pine could do this too, 
although I cannot find anything in the docs to confirm or deny this 
presumption.