On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 10:05:54AM -0500, Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Wouter Verhelst dijo [Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 09:03:39AM +0200]: > > > I don't think so - And if so, this could break many client MTAs. > > > According to the protocol definition [1], > > > > [...] > > > > > [1] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc0821.txt > > > > MTAs that still stick to nothing but RFC821 are horribly outdated > > nowadays. Modern MTAs support the ESMTP SIZE command, which should take > > care of this problem. > > > > Of course, that assumes the other end isn't lying, which probably is an > > incorrect assumption... > > And I insist... Do you want to stop every mail which is (peeking at my > inbox) between 1887 and 2183 bytes long just because it might be a > virus?
Um, those are line counts, not byte counts. 1889 lines is about 140k on the one I just received. Daniel -- /-------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------\ | He had a terrible memory. He remembered everything. | \-Evil Overlord, Inc: planning your future today. http://www.eviloverlord.com-/
