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I have never seen a length limit on any of the hundreds of lists I've
belonged to over the years and these days there's no reason for it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: Rejected posting to [log in to unmask]
>I subscribe to a number of reflectors, and to the best of my knowledge,
> there is a message length limit on each and everyone of them. Setting a
> maximum line count on postings is necessary to keep threads from growing
> and
> growing, wasting storage and bandwidth at each step in the chain.
> Maintaining a forum without a maximum line count, or limiting the size of
> postings one way or another, is silly. Most posters to forums don't take
> the time to cut messages down to size when replying, and before long, the
> resulting length of each post would choke the resources available to store
> and distribute each one.
>
> Alan/KD7GC
>
>
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 11:17 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: Rejected posting to [log in to unmask]
>
> Hi Blind Hams List,
>
> There has been a lot of criticism of the way in which the Blind Hams
> list has been handling 8 bit or 7 bit characters that result in all the
> equal signs and other extraneous symbols. Here's one I didn't realize
> was also a bit of a problem.
>
> I wanted to send the entire copy (511 lines) of the ruling that Gary,
> KB2YAA requested and thought that it would be a courtesy to send it to
> the whole list. Instead I get a rejection notice from the server
> sayhing that it is too long.
>
> Keep in mind, there is no attachment or other superfluous graphics of
> stuff that would make this message large in actual size, but the length
> of the message in lines is apparently an issue.
>
> This is the only list where I have ever seen this. I really wish it
> could be changed to conform to modern standards. I will have to send
> the message separately to Gary and thus deprive anyone else who is
> interested.
>
> See below.
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Rejected posting to [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 02:02:09 -0400
> From: [log in to unmask]
> To: Ron Canazzi <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Your message cannot be distributed to the BLIND-HAMS list because it
> exceeds
> the maximum message size of 250 lines. The size of your message was 511
> lines.
>
> This limit has been set by the list owner and does not necessarily apply
> to
> the
> other lists hosted at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG. If you have any questions,
> please
> contact the list owner at [log in to unmask]
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