On Tue, 08 Aug 2000 07:43:56 -0400
Christopher Lott <lott@stockmaster.com> said...
> 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.
Well the grandson-of-1036 now in draft form would take a dim view of
such a practice. It will say that news articles of arbitrary length
SHOULD be propagated, with a NOTE to the effect that people thinking of
imposing limits should be thinking in terms of several megabytes.
And it does provide a mechanism for stitching multiparts together, but
only as a deprecated facility to be used in extreme cases (such as the
one you appear to have).
In other words, you should be speaking to your upstream in scathing
tones.
Charles H. Lindsey ---------At Home, doing my own thing------------------------
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