Re: [bug-mailutils] Problem with large file support in mailutils 1.0

[Kostas Zorbadelos]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 10:33:38AM -0600, D. E. Evans wrote:
>    > There is a problem with large file support (>2GB) in mailutils
>    > 1.0. Although mu_off_t type was introduced, the function fseek()
> 
> Do you really want support for 2GB email transfers?  That seems  
> absurd.  Files of that size should be transferred using FTP, or other  
> file sharing protocol, not email MIME.  Do any of the email/MIME RFCs  
> have file size limits?  If not, perhaps fseeko() can be a configure  
> option for SysV systems.
> 

Apart from mail transfers, there is also mail delivery to user
mailboxes. And mailboxes can be large.

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