[tlug] Re: Posting Limits

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

Reconstructing Jim's reply on <tlug-admin@example.com>, where the thread
rightly belongs.

On 21/01/06, Jim <jep200404@example.com> wrote:

> Josh wrote:
>
> > That is a great question. Just to pull a number out of my... uh, *thin
> > air*, how about a 10KB limit?
>
> A 10KB limit for the body (excluding headers) sounds fine for me.
> Posters should keep in mind that encoding for transmission
> (such as base64), will bloat binary attachments such as
> tarballs and pictures, effectively reducing the number of
> binary bytes that can be posted.
>
> By the way, Mailman can enforce size limits
> and admins can waive them for exceptions.
>
> Thanks again for the pasting web sites.

We should probably set the hard limit at 15 or 20KB, but set the "soft
limit" in the list policy doc at 10KB.

-Josh