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21 Aug 2003, 15:58
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Do email clients normally have a message character limit?
Like, if I'm sending a 2000 word version of my life history to someone, is it likely to end up with half of it cut off?
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21 Aug 2003, 16:01
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Hmm... I'm unaware of Hotmail has a specific "message length" restriction, but it's possible in a scenario where an e-mail message sent to, say, a "free" Hotmail address somehow was over the 2 MB limit (or the remainder of one's Hotmail account limit).
Why though, is your current e-mail limiting?
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10/20/04 <Dinoman> babies are like a online game... u wery soon get lack of sleep... and u try give em diffrent skills... it allso kills ur social life
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21 Aug 2003, 16:01
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Quote:
Originally posted by HobbieRogue4
Why though, is your current e-mail limiting?
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I dont know, I havent sent it yet.
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21 Aug 2003, 16:01
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Incidentally, I'm having a paranoia attack thinking I read too little into this thread Nod...
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10/20/04 <Dinoman> babies are like a online game... u wery soon get lack of sleep... and u try give em diffrent skills... it allso kills ur social life
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21 Aug 2003, 16:03
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Originally posted by Nodrog
I dont know, I havent sent it yet.
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Assuming it's in "plain text" format, without all the hippie HTML and faggetto coloring half the world likes to feel special with, I'm sure it would work. You could do a test-send to moi if you so care. *shrugs*
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10/20/04 <Dinoman> babies are like a online game... u wery soon get lack of sleep... and u try give em diffrent skills... it allso kills ur social life
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21 Aug 2003, 19:23
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Re: Do email clients normally have a message character limit?
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Originally posted by Nodrog
Like, if I'm sending a 2000 word version of my life history to someone, is it likely to end up with half of it cut off?
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the email protocol has no restriction on size of messages.
i can see no reason why any email client should do either.
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21 Aug 2003, 19:29
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Re: Do email clients normally have a message character limit?
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Originally posted by Nodrog
Like, if I'm sending a 2000 word version of my life history to someone, is it likely to end up with half of it cut off?
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Your email client shouldnt limit you in this regard, but your provider might. (though it wouldnt be cut off, you'd probably just get a failure notice)
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21 Aug 2003, 19:32
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Most (all?) e-mail clients only let you send a maximum size e-mail. Hotmail is 1 meg.
I guess that's the only limit there is.
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21 Aug 2003, 19:47
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Re: Re: Do email clients normally have a message character limit?
I remember several years ago some people had inboxes with a 16K (afaicr) limit on mails. To send a large mail your client split the mail up into parts which were reassembled by the recipient. I'm fairly sure there's none of this sort of lunacy around these days. I've certainly seen Outlook Express and mutt handle 10000+ word mails.
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21 Aug 2003, 20:15
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Attachments is sendt as a regular mail, my work account manages 2Mb, my private one 20Mb.
Even if the average word lenght is 7 characters, there's over one hundred thousand words in each Mb
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21 Aug 2003, 21:38
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You need not worry nod, your life could be documented in about two words.
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21 Aug 2003, 21:42
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none at all
i sent a 200 MB email once
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21 Aug 2003, 22:05
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WHY DID YOU PUSH GRANDMA
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Quote:
Originally posted by W
Attachments is sendt as a regular mail, my work account manages 2Mb, my private one 20Mb.
Even if the average word lenght is 7 characters, there's over one hundred thousand words in each Mb
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You're right, we're getting screwed!
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21 Aug 2003, 23:11
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Bitch
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Quote:
Originally posted by ChubbyChecker
Hotmail is 1 meg.
I guess that's the only limit there is.
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Webmail doesn't count. A real client (Outlook/pine/mutt/Evolution etc) for a real POP3/SMTP account will not limit your message size (within the confines of your physical RAM/HDD).
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rubbernecken sightseeren keepen hands in das pockets. Relaxen und vatch
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21 Aug 2003, 23:26
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Quote:
Originally posted by Costa
none at all
i sent a 200 MB email once
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Most mail servers won't accept messages of that magnitude.
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22 Aug 2003, 00:00
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Old Man O Deh *****s
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Why don't you just send it to yourself and find out?
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22 Aug 2003, 07:41
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Quote:
Originally posted by inf
Most mail servers won't accept messages of that magnitude.
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I'd go so far that no isp will let you receive 200mb mails. Best off going with a ftp server.
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22 Aug 2003, 10:56
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dim like a fox
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When will this be published? I think i'll wait for the movie.
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