On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 05:30:00PM -0000, Alan Gauld wrote:
> 
> "Wayne Watson" <sierra_mtnv...@sbcglobal.net> wrote 
> 
> >See Subject. 40K here, but other Python lists allow for larger (total) 
> >sizes.
> 
> Presumably to discourage long posts or posts with large attachments?
> But I'm only guessing...

It's also mailman's* default size, so it could also be that nobody
thought it was important to change it from that default.  On the other
hand, there's a good argument in favor of having people post links
to large code snippets and not send them through the list, or
(and you know it'll happen) 1600x1200 screenshots of error messages.

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