[Tutor] Why is the max size so low in this mail list?

[Christian Witts]

Steve Willoughby wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 05:30:00PM -0000, Alan Gauld wrote:
>   
>> "Wayne Watson" <sierra_mtnview at sbcglobal.net> wrote 
>>
>>     
>>> See Subject. 40K here, but other Python lists allow for larger (total) 
>>> sizes.
>>>       
>> Presumably to discourage long posts or posts with large attachments?
>> But I'm only guessing...
>>     
>
> It's also mailman's* default size, so it could also be that nobody
> thought it was important to change it from that default.  On the other
> hand, there's a good argument in favor of having people post links
> to large code snippets and not send them through the list, or
> (and you know it'll happen) 1600x1200 screenshots of error messages.
>
>   
And of course they'll be in Bitmap format and not JPG.

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Kind Regards,
Christian Witts