RE: [cobalt-users] Mailing list error

[Rodolfo Paiz <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Accounts @ NIA
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 5:23 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Mailing list error
>
>
> Hi,
> we are trying to send some stuff to a mailing list on our
> qube and get a
> return email with the following error.
>
> message too long (>40000 chars)
>
> I assume we cant send mails bigger than 40K ?
>
> How can I change the setting for this?
>
> Tia
> Bill

Can't help you much, but in the interest of giving you a quick
answer:

Majordomo (your mailinglist program) is preconfigured with a
default maximum message size of 40KB. There is a defaults config
file, which you can change and which will affect all future lists;
and there is a config file with the individual parameters for
each list. I mean, there is one config file for every list plus
the master file.

Read the thread on the Qube2 with a similar problem from May 10th,
and search the archives. Also, small excerpt quoted here from
Kris Dahl's post of the same date:

>>
>> /usr/local/majordomo/lists/mylist_<site>.config
>> maxlength           =   40000
>> to
>> maxlength           =   ...
>>
>>
>> This works fine, but it seems to return to 40kb after a reboot
(majordomo
>> restart) !
>> I didn't find the initialisation files
>> If someone knows ...
>
>It shouldn't change upon restart.
>
>But the default maxlength can be changed in the file
>/usr/local/majordomo/config_parse.pl (on a Raq, I believe it is the
same on
>the Qube)
>
>-k

Finally, go and check out http://www.greatcircle.com/majordomo

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Rodolfo J. Paiz
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