Article: 876 of ba.internet User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2001 12:55:59 -0700 Subject: Re: Is it Outlook, or is it @Home? From: John Higdon Newsgroups: ba.internet Message-ID: References: <9hqnia02mpn@enews1.newsguy.com> <3B41E16A.2DFA0FE0@parc.xerox.com> <9htklp$2t426$3@rn.area.com> <_nd17.1081$4h3.11710@typhoon.sonic.net> Mime-version: 1.0 Organization: Green Hills and Cows Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 131.161.250.162 X-Trace: 6 Jul 2001 12:56:00 -0800, 131.161.250.162 Lines: 23 X-Authenticated-User: john Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!feeder.qis.net!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!btnet-peer0!btnet-peer1!btnet!isdnet!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!news.newszilla.com!news.announcetech.com!131.161.250.162 Xref: archive.mv.meer.net ba.internet:876 in article _nd17.1081$4h3.11710@typhoon.sonic.net, Joe Falejczyk wrote: > ...and if anyone had a brain, they would use the proper protocol (FTP) to > transfer huge files. I limit my mailservers to 5M, because if you don't some > moron will try and mail an image of his/her hard drive to their friend. As do I, as a matter of fact. But the point is that the 5M limit is one that I set in configuration, not the manufacturer to enhance the sale of another product. If it were just me and no other users to consider, I would set the limit to less than 1M. > The unwashed masses continue to piss all over this wondrous thing called the > Internet, then bitch about how it let's them down. I have one thing to > say...RFC!!! for Christ's sake. The downfall and destruction of almost everything worthwhile or noteworthy has been concurrent with or as a direct result of adoption by the masses. -- John Higdon | Email Address Valid | http://www.anntec.com/ +1 408 264 4115 | Silicon Valley, CA | FAX: +1 408 264 4407 Cheap, provincial San Franciscans can call: 415 428-COWS