[KWPeace-groups] Message size limit is 40 kBytes

[Bob Jonkman]

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Hi Gehan: Yes, you added one line to the message, which contained all
the previous messages that other people had replied to in the past.
So, over time that adds up.

If you look at this message which I replied to from the mailing list
you can see your message to me, followed by my original message to the
list.

It's not a big problem -- like I wrote, I'm happy to increase the
message size limit, but we may have to purchase additional space.

Over the past year we've used up just over 1 GByte of our 2 GByte
quota. About 3/4 of that is for the kwpeace.ca website, most of the
rest is the mailing list.


The temptation to use a "free" mailing list with no limits like Google
or Yahoo is very seductive, but it means we lose the ability to manage
our own information; By managing the mailing list ourselves we're not
subject to the whims of others' Acceptable Use Policies, but then we
do have to do some mailing list management ourselves.

I imagine that some of the groups in KWPeace are likely to draw
unwanted attention. Groups that protest government policy, or which
are critical of law enforcement practices, and other social justice
issues. We've seen this kind of speech suppressed in Canada --
remember the KW Field Naturalists. Managing our own information goes
some way to keeping our autonomy.

- --Bob.


"First they came for the birdwatchers, but I did not speak out because
I don't like birds." --Martin Notmoller

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/revenue-canada-targets-birdwatchers-for-political-activity-1.2799546



On 2016-09-07 01:43 PM, CROSS CULTURES wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I sent a one liner saying ... I posted it on my facebook page ..
> 
> and THAT got stuck in the moderation queue
> 
> Gehan
> 
> On 07/09/2016 1:24 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: Hi everyone: Over the
> last couple of days several messages have been getting stuck in the
> moderation queue because they exceed the message size limit of 40
> kBytes. That's a LOT of text, but most of it is repeated over and
> over in the replies.
> 
> I don't mind increasing the message size limit on the mailing
> list, but it'll only happen again as the replies build up.
> 
> So, can I ask you to trim messages to include only two or three
> replies?
> 
> If the list consensus prefers to have larger message sizes I can 
> increase size limit, but we may have to purchase additional
> storage space to accommodate the increase.
> 
> Thanx, --Bob.
> 
> (and speaking of purchasing more space, the website hosting and
> domain name are up for renewal in November. Full cost is $20/month
> for hosting + $40/year for the domain name, total $280/year. Last
> year Teachers For Education kindly funded KWPeace with $150, and
> the hosting provider CCj/Clearline gave us a deal for $10/month
> for hosting. Hopefully we can raise some money at Perspectives,
> both to offset the cost of food and to maintain the website.)
> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________ Groups mailing
>> list Groups at kwpeace.ca 
>> http://kwpeace.ca/mailman/listinfo/groups_kwpeace.ca
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

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