Subj : Filefind file limit
To : Vince Coen
From : Andrew Leary
Date : Tue Oct 24 2017 11:50 pm
Hello Vince!
24 Oct 17 21:43, you wrote to all:
VC> Found it and it in mbfido/filefind.c
VC> There are four settings :
VC> ----
VC> /*
VC> * The next constants are to prevent overflowing the echomail areas
VC> * with huge replies. MAX_DESC_LINES limits the number of file
VC> description * lines, 5 should be enough. The other two are the
VC> maximum files to report * if in the same area or different area. *
VC> For netmail replies there is a different limit. */ #define
VC> MAX_DESC_LINES 5 #define MAX_FILES_SAMEBOARD 25 #define
VC> MAX_FILES_OTHERBOARD 50 #define MAX_FILES_NETMAIL 100
VC> ----
VC> Andrew is there any way we can change these as a param for configure
VC> or better still within the system set up params ?
We can probably do something about that without too much trouble. As with
anything, sysops will need to use common sense in setting limits to prevent
gigantic echomail messages.
In the future, I can look at possibly splitting large replies into multiple
messages.
