From schoff(_at_)psi(_dot_)com Fri Aug 16 11:04:17 1991
To: braden(_at_)ISI(_dot_)EDU
Cc: header-people(_at_)mc(_dot_)lcs(_dot_)mit(_dot_)edu,
ietf-822(_at_)dimacs(_dot_)rutgers(_dot_)edu,
ietf-smtp(_at_)dimacs(_dot_)rutgers(_dot_)edu,
postel(_at_)ISI(_dot_)EDU
Subject: Re: large messages
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Aug 91 09:22:49 PDT."
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Date: Fri, 16 Aug 91 14:01:41 -0400
From: "Martin Lee Schoffstall" <schoff(_at_)psi(_dot_)com>
RFC-1123 (Host Requirements) says for the Internet: "Mailer software
MUST be able to send and receive messages of at least 64K bytes
(including header), and a much larger size is highly desirable".
I suggest we press other mail systems to adopt the 64K minimum.
Agreed. Just for some additional context for "gateway providers", the
"market" is pushing on 1+ Mbyte sizes, with machines like NEXT, Macs,
and PC mail software running with attached documents through SMTP and
UUCP today within those homogeneous communities.
So some gateway providers either run without limits or with
multimegabyte
limits.
Marty
Marty,
The Host Requirements group really wanted to set a lower limit like
1 MB, but we had to be realistic about PCs and other little critters...!
Bob Braden