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    From Tolik Vdovichev@2:385/180 to All on Thu Aug 6 09:25:37 2026
    Hello,

    Is there a generally accepted limit on message size now in FidoNet?
    Since we now can send uuencoded photos - limit can filter
    out messages with uuencoded pictures. Uuncoded photo
    can take 6Mb in uuencoded form easily.

    To have some benefits from uuencoded files support, I set up local
    APOD echo where special bot retrieves articles from Astronomy Picture
    of the Day site and posts them to that echo.
    Is anyone interested in this echo?

    It looks like this in AfterShock: https://vdovichev.me/fidonet/fidonet-apod-echo.png
    Image can be clicked and viewed in full resolution.

    I'm not sure if it will be routable if there some message size limits.

    P.S. I also set echo MARS with solly pictures from martian rover ;)

    ---
    With best regards.
    Anatoly, the Knight of the Truth Table.
    --- AfterShock/macOS 0.1.1
    * Origin: Little Station BBS (2:385/180@fidonet)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Tolik Vdovichev on Thu Aug 6 16:19:24 2026
    Anatoly,

    Is there a generally accepted limit on message size now in FidoNet?
    Since we now can send uuencoded photos - limit can filter
    out messages with uuencoded pictures. Uuncoded photo
    can take 6Mb in uuencoded form easily.
    ...
    I'm not sure if it will be routable if there some message size limits.

    There has been a time when it was considered rude and/or unacceptable to send any kind of encrypted stuff over the net without prior arrangement if the node in question was not flying the ENC user-flag. In "ye olde daze" there were complaints about that.

    P.S. I also set echo MARS with solly pictures from martian rover ;)

    You mean like thisone?

    https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_%28reep%29

    Why would someone carry such an echo if the whole set of all the public Mars-rover pictures is more readily available straight from the NASA-site?

    Enjoy the week-end ... yeah, I know, it's Thursday but when you're retired every day is like a week-end.

    \%/@rd

    --- DB4 - 20230201
    * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)
  • From Tolik Vdovichev@2:385/180 to Ward Dossche on Thu Aug 6 16:29:20 2026
    Hello Ward,

    Anatoly,

    can take 6Mb in uuencoded form easily.
    I'm not sure if it will be routable if there some message size limits.

    There has been a time when it was considered rude and/or unacceptable to send any kind of encrypted stuff over the net without prior arrangement if the node in question was not flying the ENC user-flag. In "ye olde daze" there were complaints about that.
    Technically, encoding and encrypting are different things.

    Uuencoding - a way to transfer binary files in systems which can transfer
    only textual information. Anyone can decode and read.

    Encrypting - transforming data (including textual) so that only very limited number of people can decrypt it and read.

    Why would someone carry such an echo if the whole set of all the public Mars-rover pictures is more readily available straight from the NASA-site?
    Hard to find on NASA-site, while here you get fresh pictures straight
    into your FidoNet reader.

    Enjoy the week-end ... yeah, I know, it's Thursday but when you're retired every day is like a week-end.
    Retirement is what I'm most afraid of :-D

    ---
    With best regards.
    Anatoly, the Knight of the Truth Table.
    --- AfterShock/macOS 0.1.1
    * Origin: Little Station BBS (2:385/180@fidonet)
  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Tolik Vdovichev on Thu Aug 6 19:08:20 2026
    Anatoly,

    Technically, encoding and encrypting are different things.

    Please do not entertain the thought that I entered this hobby just the other week.

    My professional IT-involvement started Jan.12th 1973 ... that's like 53 years ago. Just sayin' ...

    Enjoy the week-end ... yeah, I know, it's Thursday but when you're TV>WD> retired every day is like a week-end.
    Retirement is what I'm most afraid of :-D

    If you have no wife and no grand-children, you still have most of that time available to yourself ... but it is important to learn to answer any hint of a question with a firm "No !!".

    \%/@rd

    --- DB4 - 20230201
    * Origin: Many Glacier - Preserve / Protect / Conserve (2:292/854)