[PATCH] cygwin-htdocs/lists.html: add note about attachment size limits

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Fri Mar 5 14:48:29 GMT 2021


On Mar  3 20:55, Brian Inglis wrote:
> committer please adjust based on actual size limits if different:
> (256KB - 8KB email text)/1.37 overhead ~ 180KB
> 180KB * 1.37 overhead + 8KB email text ~ 256KB
> ---
>  lists.html | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

> diff --git a/lists.html b/lists.html
> index fb784f8d2732..a3beda2d64e0 100755
> --- a/lists.html
> +++ b/lists.html
> @@ -42,7 +42,14 @@ answer.</p>
>  <div class="smaller">
>  <ul class="spaced">
>  
> -<li><b>None of the below lists accept <a href="https://sourceware.org/lists.html#html-mail">html mail</a>.  Use plain text only.</b></li>
> +<li><b>None of the below lists accept
> +<a href="https://sourceware.org/lists.html#html-mail">html mail</a>.
> +Use plain text only.</b>
> +If you include attachments, please try to ensure they are in plain text,
> +and limit them to about <b>180KB</b>, as with encoding and email overhead,
> +any larger will exceed the size limits for emails to these lists.</li>
> +<!-- 180KB * 1.37 overhead + 8KB email text ~ 256KB -->
> +<!-- (256KB - 8KB email text)/1.37 overhead ~ 180KB -->
>  
>  <li><b>Please do not feed the spammers by <a href="acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR">including raw email addresses</a> in the body of your message.</b></li>
>  


Pushed.


Thanks,
Corinna


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