Re: [Evolution] attachments issue

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Thu, 2013-05-16 at 10:30 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> >         
> > >  the .pdf source is indeed  there (and the mail file is huge)  
> > Define huge.  1Mb? 5Mb? 100Mb? 10Gb?
> > around 15Mb 
> Personally I wouldn't trust any mail system with that size of
> attachment.

Personally I, and 600+ other users here, deal with attachments multiple
times that size every day all day with no issues what-so-ever.  

This is not 1991.

According to my notes I increased the maximum message size at my site
from 20Mb to 75Mb in 2003... with no measurable increase in issues.

> >  If you send it to
> >  yourself, can you read it in the normal folders?  
> > NO, this is the issue: If I just  browse the Sent folder, and try to
> > open the mail with the large .pdf attchment, then Evo hangs
> That's not what I meant.  If you send it to yourself - i.e put your own
> address in the To: header - the mail will eventually appear in your
> INBOX (as well as the sent folder) - can you then read the message OK in
> your INBOX?

Good question.  Maybe the Sent folder is torqued somehow.


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Adam Tauno Williams <mailto:awilliam whitemice org> GPG D95ED383
Systems Administrator, Python Developer, LPI / NCLA