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Re: Posting problem with the web-interface!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sat, 8 Jan 2000 07:00:45 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.=spamcake=org
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> http://info.internet.isi.edu:80/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc850.txt
850 is obsoleted by 1036.
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> I'm confused as to why the lines are even *ever* chopped at 512 by *anyone*.
> As far as I can tell, only the *command* lines of the protocol are limited
> to 512 characters -- not the content of the posts. Is that right?
I think you are correct. 1038 doesn't seem to specify any limit. The
Internet draft at
<URL:http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-usefor-article-02.txt>
suggests 998 as a _minimum_ ("MUST") and lines of arbitrary length as
recommended ("SHOULD"). I'm not sure where they got that number from; it
seems to revolve around 1000 - CRLF; it's possible that the number they
picked is completely arbitrary.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) Doesn't mean it's no longer relevant. (...) Ah, yes. That's right. That was the conclusion on ASR last time. Typical misinterpretation. (...) It sounds completely arbitrary. The only limit found commonly in the wild is the 512 one. Jasper (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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