On Fri 17 Jun 2022 at 16:24:54 +0100, Gareth Evans wrote: > Is there a limit for message size on debian-user? > > I can't find any such info on > > https://lists.debian.org/ > > https://www.debian.org/MailingLists/ > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ > > but a couple of recent large-ish messages (one ~270K with two > screenshots, one 70K with log output) have neither got through nor > bounced back. > > It would be helpful to know what it is if there is one.
Don't expect Listmaster to rush here and tell us :), According to mutt, one of the mails you sent earlier today is 70K in size: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2022/06/msg00586.html Do you hear anyone complaining? You did not. The bandwidth usage is low and time to download it is minuscule. The wheels are greased in -user. However, you cheated and put a log file inline. Naughty :). Good sense reigns in -user, however, so no one begrudges it. You know that attachments of ~270K and 70K do not get through. Try ~50K next time and be aware that compression with gzip or xz is a option. Text files compress well. If 50K is rejected, no harm is done. Try again to find the upper limit. Attacments to a mailing list like -user are an efficient us of its services. Ephemeral info on other sites isn't of any value to users in the future. -- Brian.
