Re: [IRCA] File size limit

[coffee_canuck <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

The actual system this email system runs on has long passed its best before date -- not even sure that there have been any updates in years.

Being blunt: you are barking up the wrong tree if you expect any change to happen anytime soon.

I manage a list exactly like this at UVic with over 1000 readers. I am replacing it with MailChimp as we speak. All these ListServ systems are on highly borrowed time. 

Colin Newell - CoffeeCrew.com - VA7WWV - Victoria - BC

> On Sep 4, 2016, at 1:45 PM, Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Phil, my beef is trying to send DXpedition results.   For me, they may be
> over a week or more, when I'm at my DX heaven in Masset.  Invariably, I go
> over the 35 kb limit.  When typing, I have no idea when I get close.
> That's what's so frustrating to me.  I feel like asking, "what's the
> point?".  Personally, I think a several MB limit makes sense, especially
> allowing for small audio clips, as well, without having to use a host.
> 73,...Walt
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> On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 8:32 PM, Phil Bytheway via IRCA <
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>> Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 20:32:04 +0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: File size limit
>> So far, I have not received any form of proposal regarding the file size
>> limit.
>> If I were to get one, with an appropriate "new" limit, I would forward it
>> to the IRCA Board of Directors for voting. Nor do I even know of the folks
>> hosting our eGroup would be willing to make a change for us.
>> 
>> I personally, have no idea what sort of limit to suggest, but I would shy
>> away from "unlimited".
>> Please someone, put something together or it will never happen. Phil
>> Bytheway
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