On 2 Jun 99, at 1:00, List-Managers-Digest wrote:
>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:17:19 -0700 (MST)
>From: "Steven G. Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Messages with Attachments
>
>Running MD 1.94.4
>RH 5.0
>Perl 5.004
>Sendmail 8.x
>
>Problem: All text messages seem to right through and out to the list, but
>I can't seem to send a message through with an attachment. Is this a
>sendmail problem or amajordomo issue?
>
>Steve
Most likely it's a Majordomo "issue" with the length of the
attachment. This has been an infrequent problem with the lists I
oversee. Majordomo doesn't give an error message for this; it just
drops the email and attachment into /dev/null.
In the configuration file for your list, look for the "maxlength"
parameter. Frequently, this is set low, around 20,000 characters,
meaning that an attachment of a file of approximately 13KB or
larger is unlikely to go through. Change the parameter to a larger
number, such as 200000, or 500000, and it will allow attachments
of that size to be sent to the list. Beware, though, as this size
limit is there for a reason. It takes significantly longer to send
attachments to large numbers of subscribers.
1 message of 2KB * 100 subscribers = 200KB = approx. 1 sec to
send on 10Base-T (@2.5MB/sec)
1 message of 2000KB * 100 sub. = 200000KB = 200MB =
approx. 640 sec to send at 10Base-T (@2.5MB/sec), which is
approximately ten minutes
For large attachments, I suggest WWW or FTP publication of the
file, and just send a URL in the email, pointing to the file.
Anthony J. Albert
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Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle
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