You might have had more luck sending it via an attachment. As a general rule of thumb, most text editors (including mail clients) will get mad if you give them more than a couple hundred kb to chew on.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Josh K" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 0:48 To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] jim's nfl football - Josh K hey guys it was a very big log file of an entire season of nfl football. i wanted to show you guys how good I am at the game and how I won the superbowl. i had to send it through gmail on the website because it made my email client go crazy when I tried putting the whole thing into a message. follow me on twitter @joshknnd1982 On 8/9/2015 8:50 PM, john wrote: > Hi list, > I just received an email from "Josh Kennedy" (not Josh k - this may > be important), with a listed size of about 1100 kb, and subject something > to do with "jim's nfl football" (I deleted the message, and don't have the > exact line anymore). > As soon as I tried to read the message my mail client went ballistic; > fully loading up my processor and sending memory usage through the roof > (fellow nerds that's 400mb). I'm not sure if this was just the world's > largest game log file, or if it was something more sinister, but I'd > advise anybody who got the message to avoid opening it. > > I'm hoping that this really was just a bad decision to send an ungodly > large log through email and not some kind of virus on list, but given the > way my machine reacted I figured it'd probably be best to post an alert > about it just in case (if you do open the message, killing my mail client > seems to have fixed the issue). > I'd also note that I'm not trying to accuse anybody here - rather to offer > a note of caution and a request that we try not to post logs that're > larger than a bunch of novels put together. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
