Subj : Re: Limits/length of fields (safeguarding in theme)
To   : g00r00
From : Bj”rn Wiberg
Date : Sat Jul 31 2021 09:57 am

Hello g00r00!

Thank you for your reply!

On 30 Jul 2021, g00r00 said the following...
 g0> About 65000 general groups, 65000 file groups, 2 billion message areas,
 g0> and 2  billion file areas would be where it starts to max out.

:-D

Sounds great -- my 6-digit message numbers and 5-digit groups/areas sound reasonable then.

(I was adding some space for this when modifying some prompts.)

 g0> In 26 years  only one person ever hit the limit and that was someone who
 g0> was trying to  mirror data-based UseNet newsgroups in JAM for some
 g0> reason.

Ah, yes, that's a challenge. :-D

Best regards
Bj”rn

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