On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Christopher Lott wrote:
> My question to you - does anyone have a good recommendation for how
> large a plain-text posting can be?
>
> The FAQ that I maintain has reached about 1Mb. About 1992 I
> discovered empirically that one of the news servers upstream from me
> would only accept parts that were less than about 64Kb, and I've stuck
> with that ever since. As a result, I'm now posting 18 parts. Is the
> size of a posting still an issue anywhere? I suspect that posting a
> 1Mb hunk will Just Not Do but would appreciate any thoughts.
64Kb is still large for many systems. Juno email users (8 million of them)
are limited to 50Kb. Your 64Kb is still a good value for most of the
world. I try to keep my Accmail (Accessing the Internet via Email) FAQ at
about 60Kb.
The size of a posting still matters in the 'net world. ISPs in many
countries limit the size of an email message that may be sent or received.
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