Just wondering what the approximate capacity, Char or word count wise of the internal mail system is. so I know when it is easier to go to an external mail client rather than the internal messaging system.
Just wondering what the approximate capacity, Char or word count wise of the internal mail system is. so I know when it is easier to go to an external mail client rather than the internal messaging system.
The maximum length of the message body is 150,000 characters, including any formatting.
The maximum length of the message body is 150,000 characters, including any formatting.
Bugger, that's not enough to include a nice picture in base64 😁
ASCII art?
Nope, you can convert any binary to base64. For example a picture "in base64" can be translated back to the original by any browser. I often use it for logo's in webpage headers. No separate picture file, it's all in the html page :)
Base64 is just a huge block of ascii characters and you can convert that back to the original.
It's specifically used to transfer images and the like where the communication channel only allows plain text. Since base64 is just a bunch of characters that works fine. Also easy to use, at least on Linux. The command 'base64' for conversion is available by default.
Nope, you can convert any binary to base64. For example a picture "in base64" can be translated back to the original by any browser. I often use it for logo's in webpage headers.
I know that. I was suggesting ASCII art as an alternative.
I remember encoded binaries distributed by Usenet. :-)
cool, should be able to fit a chapter to that I hope.
Here's an easy way to look at it - Chapter 30 of Book 4 of A True History is, as per the character count is Libre Office, 104,520 characters and 18,866 words.
If what you want to send is smaller than that, you should be good.