Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 16:29:06 -0600 (CST)
   From: RpM-acct2/5 <RPM@UH.EDU>

   my server could take the thing in one chunk, but there _are_ people
   on other types of accounts that probbably would get overwhelmed easily
   by it.  Send it out in chunks and everyone'll be happy.

   -Rod M.

As a general rule of thumb, trying to send anything over 64KB ( 64 *
1024 bytes ) (including the headers mailing systems add---assume 1KB
for them to be safe) is somewhat dangerous; lots of programs have
wired in thresholds at powers of 2 (due to programmer lazyness), with
64KB being popular (due to Intel braindamage)....

Also, a number of mailing systems with slow links enforce a maximum
message size; the UUCP (dialup between Unix systems) email link my
company has from UUNET enforces a 100KB limit.

If you stick to around 32KB you'll be pretty safe (or, rather, you can
declare that any mail system that breaks at 32KB to be broken itself).

On the other hand, you can often get away with emailing megabytes, but
it's generally unwise, and definitely impolite without asking
first....  You should never try sending something that big to a
general mailing list, since you have no idea what the systems are like
that the many other ends.  Kudos to Matthew Trotter for asking first.

					- Harold