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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: uux/uuxqt/rmail command line limits?
Message-ID: <1991Mar26.232144.11746@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 26 Mar 91 23:21:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: chinet.1991Mar26.232144.11746
Organization: Chinet - Chicago Public Access UNIX
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Smail3.x has options to allow passing multiple addresses in a single
command with restrictions on the maximum number of addresses and
the maximum number of characters in a single invocation.  Does
anyone know what these limits are for "uux - machine!rmail address..."
for HDB uucp on SysVr3 machines?  I'd like to be able to approach the
limit to reduce the number of copies passed for some mailing lists.

Smail3 also provides a batched SMTP that can run over uucp links allowing
the addresses to be imbedded, but unfortunately it is not completely
binary transparent, which I happen to need (the LF->CR/LF mapping doesn't
necessarily invert), so I can't use that mechanism without some fiddling.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us