Re: [EXIM] Maximum Message Size

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Author: Bruce Rodger
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To: J.Goldberg
CC: ncass, exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Maximum Message Size
> I'm hoping to inch it down. I know that AoL has a limit of
> between 3 and 4 M, and most ISPs seem to think that 3 is plenty.


....the difference being that most people connecting via an ISP are connected
via modem rather than ethernet, and so see a data transfer rate which is about
2 orders of magnitude slower.

Ignoring compression, a 3Mb mail message will take about 15-20 minutes to
deliver over a modem. It'll take a few seconds over ethernet.

Bruce.


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