Re: (OT?) Mail problems/rtfm faq server

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pking@idirect.com
Wed, 1 Sep 1999 19:09:18 -0400

> Hi all.
>
> I've been using the rtfm FAQ server for this year to post my FAQ.
> However, I have recently run into a problem, as it turns out that my
> email program (NS 4.61 on Win 95) cannot compose messages longer than 64
> k. Sending my FAQ (which has recently grown to about 66k) as an
> attachment adds MIME boundaries to the message, which the faq-server
> parser cannot relate to.
>
> Anyone else had this problem?

I have attempted in the past to post thru Netscape and other
applications, and all have had this &*(^(&*^( problem of wanting to
MIME-encode flat ASCII text! The result is that I get all these
strange characters in place of actual letters. The only way I found
around this is to use a guaranteed, albeit none-too-fancy plain-text
newsreader line PINE. You will probably overcome the 64kb limitation
in the bargain.

Paul King

>
> Thoughts on ways around it?
>
> (For more info, I've attached a post to a netscape NG)
>
> TIA,
>
> Morten.
> --
> pahle@iway.fr : Pahle, Morten Gleditsch
> MetOp RAMS responsible
>
> "Pahle, Morten Gleditsch" wrote:
> >
> > Hi all.
> > (System and NS info in message header)
> >
> > Sorry to bother you with this, it may be a FAQ, but I could not find it
> > on the NS site.
> >
> > So here goes:
> >
> > I am trying to send a message, including a text file. (A newsgroup FAQ)
> > In the past, the file was smaller, and I opened the file, copy and
> > pasted it into the composer window and sent it. Easy.
> >
> > However, nowadays, the text file is roughly 66kb large. When I have
> > copied the file, NS no longer allows me to paste it into the composer
> > window. (When I select Edit|Paste nothing happens.)
> >
> > 1.: Is this due to a limitation of the length of text allowable in the
> > composer window?
> >
> > I can ofcourse send the file as an attachment, However, the recipient is
> > a script which does not understand the MIME boundary lines inserted by
> > NS:
> >
> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > --------------4B64E82811180547E639F364
> >
> > 2.: Is there a way I can send attachments without these lines?
> >
> > Any other thoughts on how I can send a message this size? (Modifying the
> > script which parses the text at the recipient site is not an option.)
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Morten.
> > --
> > pahle@iway.fr : Pahle, Morten Gleditsch
> > MetOp RAMS responsible

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