Re: Message size limit

[Valentin Petzel]

Hi Jean,

I think Robin is talking about embedded images that are quoted on reply, 
resulting in the same attachment being sent back and forth over and over 
again.

Of course this does not matter when you send plain text emails, which should 
be the sensible choice ...

Cheers,
Valentin

Am Samstag, 4. März 2023, 16:53:11 CET schrieb Jean Abou Samra:
> Le samedi 04 mars 2023 à 16:45 +0100, Robin Bannister a écrit :
> > Jean Abou Samra wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > We've been informed that the size of messages to this list containing
> > > large attachments is occasionally clogging up the GNU list server's
> > > mail delivery queue, causing distribution delays (not just for this
> > > list, but for everyone on the hundreds of other gnu.org lists).
> > > 
> > > To avoid this, your friendly list admins have configured a max message
> > > size of 512KB.> 
> > Is there any specific advice for users taking screenshots?
> 
> Not sure I understand the question. Why would they differ from other kinds
> of attachments?
> > Especially inline ones: those get copied when quoted, cf 2021-09.
> 
> What are you referring to precisely? There are lots of messages in the list
> archives for September 2021.

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