Subj : RE: pgp
To   : Terry Roati
From : mark lewis
Date : Wed Jan 08 2020 07:00 am

  Re: RE: pgp
  By: Terry Roati to Tommi Koivula on Wed Jan 08 2020 15:45:12


 TK>> no more  than 15 files will be included in a reply.

 TR> Do you or anyone know where this 15 file limit comes from?

i would assume that it is in the settings of the replying system but if you 
took that from the block of text that was posted about this area, i would also 
say that it is a randomly chosen limit set by the originator/maintainer of this 
area to avoid flooding the area with huge lists of files that match someone's 
search criteria...

like the other day when someone sent a search for ".ZIP"... would you like all 
systems connected to be dumping their entire (eg) 10000+ files list of zip 
files in here? would those lists be posted as multiple messages or as one huge 
message from each system?

personally speaking, i think the limit is OK and that the resulting replies may 
lead one to refining their search crieria... the problem/question is how to 
enforce the limit when replying software doesn't have a setting to adjust the 
output to stay within the posted limit...


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