Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!HPLPM.HPL.HP.COM!marvit From: marvit@HPLPM.HPL.HP.COM (Peter Marvit) Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh Subject: Re: Is there a size limit on mail? Message-ID: <9010251810.AA11494@hplpm.hpl.hp.com> Date: 25 Oct 90 18:10:54 GMT References: <7453@umd5.umd.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 21 > I want to mail some text files which are about 130 K -- is there a > size limit on mail messages. Most of the addresses are ....edu or > ....com but there are a couple of ....uucp. As a general rule, use 50K per message as a comfortable maximum -- especially for uucp addresses. Less would be better (< 30K) but not always possible. "Local" mail (within an organization), via sendmail can be very large, but yuou must count on the *lowest* common denominator for systems you can't personally verify. These statements are not from a theoretcialy viewpoint but from the practical experience of moderating a large mailing list and attempting to distribute software via e-mail. -Peter "Think it over" Marvit : Peter Marvit Hewlett-Packard Labs in Palo Alto, CA (415) 857-6646 : : Internet: uucp: {any backbone}!hplabs!marvit :