On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 02:56:08PM -0600, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote: > 164MB! OMG! Repeat after me. "SMTP is not a file transport > protocol." The likelihood of being able to send a 164MB email message > from one random system on the net to another random system on the net > today is vanishingly small. The default for most popular mail > transport agents even today is 10MB max in size. Though most sites > have increased that to at least 50MB and some to 100MB due to people > trying to send photos through email. But 164MB? I don't know of any > site that allows such a large single email. Gmail limits message size > to 25MB https://support.google.com/a/answer/1366776?hl=en. > > Since email is not a file transport protocol I suggest using a > different method to transfer those files. I am worthless for > suggesting a large binary file drop method since I have my own web > site and so I always use it for these things. I just copy it there > and pass along a URL. But I know that not everyone maintains their > own servers and associated web sites. > > Perhaps some kind souls on the list might suggest possible ways to > send large binary files? That's the real problem and it needs a real > solution.
There are various services for sending large files. Dropbox and Wetransfer are the big ones, but increasingly complicated to use. I use the following web service. https://send.vis.ee/ The author also provides a CLI utility. I can't comment on the security of these methods. -- Joel Roth _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng