Re: LYNX-DEV Sending large patches

[T.E.Dickey]

> Hello everyone.  A few days ago, I tried to send a patch that removes the
> EXP_CHARTRANS flag from the Lynx sources but apparently it was too large.
> Can anyone tell me if there is a practical limit to the size of a message?
50k is a practical limit for many mail servers (though there are local
networks that can transfer larger chunks).

If I have something large, I gzip/uuencode/shar the file.  shar can split
the file, so it's convenient for mailing, e.g.,

        shar -M -oPart -L50 $*

(sending stuff in mime format probably isn't a good idea either ;-)

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Thomas E. Dickey
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