Subj : Message too long
To   : Bill Gordon
From : Paul Quinn
Date : Sun Aug 01 2004 11:17 pm

Hi! Bill,

In a message to All you wrote:

 BG> I'm getting a TON of 'badmail' messages, simply because they are too
 BG> long.  How can I change this?  I've looked in fesetup, but find
 BG> nowhere to change the message length.  I'm using Fastecho 1.45+

Check your FeSetup-->Parameters-->'Message buffer size' value.  Here's why, 
from the FE doc file:

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    5.4.6.3 - Message buffer size

        While FastEcho performs the toss or scan operations, it avails  it-
    self of a buffer  containing one message at  time. The present item  is
    needed to define the maximum size in kilobytes of this buffer and,thus,
    the maximum size in kilobytes of a message that can be tossed or  scan-
    ned. the bigger this "message buffer size" will be, the bigger the size
    of a single message could be. My only suggestion is to use a buffer  as
    large as possible, reducing it only in case you notice that your compu-
    ter is short on memory. Using a large buffer doesn't affect the tossing
    or scanning performances. In this case the admittible values range from
    16kB to 64kB (upto 512kB may be  setup for the OS/2 version). Only  for
    this tutorial, leave the message buffer  size at 0 value (leaving 0  it
    defaults to 32k) then,  after you have  completed the installation,  go
    back and tune this parameter.
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I have mine set to 512(k) even though I've been running FE with some form of 
Windows over the last 10 years.  I just shelled out from FeSetup in a Win95 
DOS-box and DOS shows 594k free, so that may be the clue.  :)  Can't remember 
any problems with message size.[shrug]

Also check your FeSetup-->'Advanced options'-->'Toss buffers' setting.  It may 
not have any bearing on the problem, but should be on "Large".

Cheers,
Paul.

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