Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 04:26:32 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail Message-ID: <20050401012632.GB57109@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <ef60af0905033116475d6eff5@mail.gmail.com> References: <ef60af0905033116475d6eff5@mail.gmail.com>
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On 2005-04-01 02:47, Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> wrote: > i want to send a movie to a friend ? How do you do that with sendmail > ? You don't. Email messages are not a good medium for sending huge files. Many mail servers limit the size of the messages they accept to something like 1 MB, so you'd have to split the movie in an extremely inconvenient, huge number of short parts. There are other ways to do file transfers. FTP is, in fact, called ``File Transfer Protocol''. You could always fire up an ftpd in read-only, anonymous mode and invite your friend to download the file from you. > I know i know i read the man but its like this > [------------------------------------] long IMHO, the Handbook chapter on electronic email is more useful for Sendmail beginners, but I doubt people read it these days; which is rather unfortunate, given the amount of effort freebsd-doc people have put into writing it. - Giorgos
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