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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 21:25:54 GMT
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On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 07:00:45 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
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> Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> > http://info.internet.isi.edu:80/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc850.txt
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> 850 is obsoleted by 1036.
Doesn't mean it's no longer relevant.
> > 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?
Ah, yes. That's right. That was the conclusion on ASR last time.
Typical misinterpretation.
> 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.
It sounds completely arbitrary. The only limit found commonly in the
wild is the 512 one.
Jasper
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| (...) I think you are correct. 1038 doesn't seem to specify any limit. The Internet draft at <URL:(URL) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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