Subject: max message

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:10:24 -0500 (EST)

Recently, one of my friends attempted to e-mail me a very large message
with a program for me to down-load.  This never came through.  Is there a
limit as to how large a message can be received?

Thanks,
Tara Hahn
[email-masked]

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From: Tim DiLauro <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:22:06 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

> limit as to how large a message can be received?

Yes, there is a limit, but it will vary depending on the path the mail
takes on its way from your friend to you.  Each mail transport agent (MTA)
along the path can impose a size limit per mail message processed. If the
mail from your friend is larger than that limit for any MTA in the path,
that MTA will reject the message. 

-timmo

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From: Talent-Management <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 21:59:26 -0800 (PST)

I have experimented with the addressbook (.adr) size, and found out that 
at about the 1,100 address level, it won't take anymore.  I don't think 
it counts the exact number of addresses, but I think it does count the 
number of bytes in the header or the BCC.  Any comments?

Bryan

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From: Cliff Green <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 10:06:31 -0500 (EST)

> number of bytes in the header or the BCC.  Any comments?

We have a global addressbook with 10753 addresses in it, and growing.  We
rebuild it from scratch with a cron job, so there's no cruft left over
from earlier incarnations.  How are you building yours?

c
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From: Talent-Management <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 08:04:57 -0800 (PST)

> from earlier incarnations.  How are you building yours?

I am simply using PINE's "Take Address" function.  After a certain size, 
it (pine 3.91) won't take any more.  I have, however, copied very large 
address lists from a file into the message body, and then moved them into 
the BCC, and this worked fine.  So maybe the problem is that this pine 
can mail large numbers but it just can't take that many using its own 
function.

Bryan