Hello Andrew!   
      
   Tuesday October 24 2017 23:50, you wrote to me:   
      
    > 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   
    VC>> 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   
    VC>> #define MAX_FILES_OTHERBOARD    50 #define MAX_FILES_NETMAIL   
    VC>> 100   
    VC>> ----   
      
    VC>> Andrew is there any way we can change these as a param for   
    VC>> configure 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.   
      
   In mbse there is a 60/64k message limit does this still apply in fido land   
   these days with internet comms used for most if not all sysops ?   
      
      
   Vince   
      
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