[Techtoolslist] Poll - Message size! Anyone still on dialup?

[Andre Huijts]

Uh....yeah, that wasn't too smart.....leaving that full directory listing in there....sorry guys :S

Thanks John !


Op 12 dec. 2012, om 23:33 heeft Andrew Welburn <andy at andysarcade.net> het volgende geschreven:


> Good on you John :)

> 

> As a legacy from the dial up days, I still try and trim emails that I reply to, but that last message I neglected to spot. Back in those days it really was poor form not to trim a message you had quoted, similarly if you replied with a one liner, even worse! I'm placing the blame this time on the one-liner who asked the question but didn't trim! I was responding to his message, not thinking he had quoted the whole directory listing underneath :)

> 

> Right now I'm on my phone (gasp!) and going below my typing area now and trimming the message is not really quick or feasible.

> 

> My word, how times have changed :)

> 

> Andrew Welburn (mobile)

> www.andys-arcade.com

> 

> On 12 Dec 2012, at 21:25, Martin White <martin at guddler.co.uk> wrote:

> 

>> Don't see why not. As I just put in a separate mail, most modern mail clients will handle any size issues themselves these days...

>> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: John Robertson

>> Sent: 12/12/2012 21:07

>> To: techtoolslist at flippers.com

>> Subject: [Techtoolslist] Poll - Message size! Anyone still on dialup?

>> 

>> It has come to my attention that the restrictions imposed on the list 

>> from when it started in Nov of 1999 may not be valid any more...I had 

>> set the maximum message size to 40K as a number of people were on dialup 

>> and complained bitterly about the wasted bandwidth.

>> 

>> So, UNLESS someone sends me a private email to say no, I am going to 

>> open the gate to (dare I say) 500kb which I think is sufficient for 2012 

>> folks. This will allow a zipped disk image for example...

>> 

>> If others want to argue for even larger emails feel free to carry the 

>> discussion on TTL.

>> 

>> Your ever suffering moderator,

>> 

>> John ;-#)#

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André Huijts
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