Frederic Albrecht wrote a week ago:
> I am now almost done with the first version of my FAQ and the thing is
> a bit over 60K. There migh be a problem when a post grows over 64K... but
> I don't really know.
>
> Anyway since the text will probably quickly grow to 100K or so, what is
> the maximum recommended size for a multipart FAQ ?
>
> I'd probably go with a bit less that 32K per post. What size do you use ?
[...]
Well, my FAQ once was around 60-70 KBytes. One part only. Recently it grew about
20-30 KBytes and now is close to 100 KB. It's still one part. I asked around
in the newsgroup on whether/when I should split it, and the *only* response
I got was "don't split it unless you're forced to do it". This is also my
very own opinion. Maintaining it is easier if it's one part (at least for
me). Reading it is easier if your newsreader supports big messages (most should
do now). Dividing it would introduce either arbitrary breakups or very different
sized parts (currently headers/toc + 7 chapters of lengths 3KB (headers/toc),
7KB, 9KB, 3KB, 54KB, 11KB, 7KB, 3KB - how to split that?).
Also if I do read someone else's FAQ, I prefer it if it's one part only.
Regardless of the length (up to a high limit which I right now would set
somewhere between 0.5 and 1 Megabyte). Any other opinions? Are the only
reasons for "don't make it longer than 64 KB" technical reasons?
Bye,
Uli
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