P3D Re: Size limits for digests

[Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>In a message dated 1/25/00 7:38:18 PM, Dr. T writes:
>
><< Elighten me please Bob... Is 22K a problem?  Today???  For whom?
> Here we are talking downloading 1.5MB newsletters and you are
>telling me that some people have a problem with a 22K text file?
> I'd like to know why... >>
>
>I echo this. I find it frustrating to receive a digest as a MIME file, which 
>I then have to save to my hard drive and decode offline, prohibiting me from 
>immediately responding to points raised therein. Dr. T is right: at this 
>stage of the game, size limitations are silly, and 15K is downright miniscule.
>
>Mark Kernes

Yes - 20 k is a pretty small file at this point, unless you are still
running on a 4800 baud modem or something. Lets try the current setting
and see how it goes.

MIME should not slip thru for this very reason. I have a filter on
the input address that *should* (famous last words) trap off all
MIME messages...

THANKS

              Bob Wier
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   10:58 AM Wednesday, January 26, 2000
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   Rocky Mountain College, Billings MT.
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