[KWPeace-groups] Message size limit is 40 kBytes

[CROSS CULTURES]

thanks Bob, I realized what I had done and resent the one liner ... no 
big deal ...

take care

Gehan


On 07/09/2016 2:59 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
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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.)
>>
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