[imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-01 Thread Jan Schneider
Hi, I just noticed that the attachment size limits are applied no matter if the attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. The rationale behind linked attachments was to avoid sending large files with the SMTP protocol which was not designed as a file transfer protocol

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-01 Thread Listaccount
Zitat von Jan Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > I just noticed that the attachment size limits are applied no matter > if the attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. > The rationale behind linked attachments was to avoid sending large > files with the SMTP protocol w

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-01 Thread Otto Stolz
Hi, Jan Schneider schrieb: > the attachment size limits are applied no matter > if the attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. ... > Now, wouldn't it make sense to not use the same limits, or maybe even > not use any limits at all, if you send files as linked attachme

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-01 Thread Chuck Hagenbuch
Quoting Jan Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If you can't cover your external service directly with an existing VFS > driver, the easiest way would be to create a small custom VFS driver > that wraps your service. I can also see us supporting different > storage methods than VFS, but I first have

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-01 Thread Jan Schneider
Zitat von Otto Stolz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > Jan Schneider schrieb: >> the attachment size limits are applied no matter if the >> attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. > ... >> Now, wouldn't it make sense to not use the same limits, or maybe >> even not use a

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-01 Thread Chuck Hagenbuch
Quoting Jan Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just noticed that the attachment size limits are applied no matter > if the attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. > The rationale behind linked attachments was to avoid sending large > files with the SMTP protocol which was n

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-02 Thread Tim Bannister
> Jan Schneider schrieb: > > the attachment size limits are applied no matter > > if the attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. > ... > > Now, wouldn't it make sense to not use the same limits, or maybe even > > not use any limits at all, if you send files as linked a

Re: [imp] Attachment sizes and linked attachments

2007-08-02 Thread Jan Schneider
Zitat von Tim Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Jan Schneider schrieb: >> > the attachment size limits are applied no matter >> > if the attachments are sent with the message or as linked attachments. >> ... >> > Now, wouldn't it make sense to not use the same limits, or maybe even >> > not use an