Hi Steve Lamb,
On Donnerstag, 28. Oktober 1999 at 18:06:55 you wrote:
SL> Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 11:55:36 PM, Ralf wrote:
>> I've done it before. Well, a 5 megs attachment went along it's way just
>> fine. Why should some points reject a large message? Is there a general
>> rule or a RFC or something like that that restricts the maximum size of
>> a message?
SL> The RFCs (I thought it was 822, but it is not, I am now looking for the
SL> exact one) only guarantee up to 64kb. Furthermore large attachments were, and
SL> still are, considered a denial of service. Many places will limit the size of
SL> the message. The average that I have herd of is 5Mb where some are as low as
SL> 2Mb.
I've been telling customers about that 64kb limit all the time...
after having tried, I must say many mail server admins don't seem to
care about that rumor ;) I send around large files, even 15 MB or so,
often, without general problems.
Oliver Sturm
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