Re: [Evolution] Re +1 : how insert a .gif into a mail

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

On Sun, 2020-11-15 at 20:41 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list
wrote:
> > IMO it's important to point out that inserting, attaching an image
> > shouldn't fail. Sending large images usually fails, because email
> > servers usually limit the size of emails they will accept.
> > It's a different kettle of fish.
> Am I mistake? Is it already impossible to insert or attach 109.0 MB?
> If so why? Is the size per se limited via RFC?

I would expect it to be possible to ATTACH a 109MB document - in fact
I'm pretty sure I've done it.

I would not expect it to work, in any mail client anywhere, to INSERT a
109MB image/document.  The body of an e-mail is a Document-Object-Model 
kind of thing, and I just wouldn't expect any message edit to survive
such a traumatic event.

Whether even the former is wise is another question [the answer to
which is "no" - if only because the serialization of an e-mail
attachment bloats the payload by ~20%, so you are talking about 130MB
to send - and then store - 109MB].

> Googling for RFC I found a limit of 50 MB. But IIUC there are "ifs"
> and "buts".
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