Carl,

Set the members with that problem to NOMIME, and they'll receive the digests
as one long text message. The default format is MIME, which is delivered as
attached files.

Steve Pruitt
List Administrator

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Eynatian [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 1998 5:45 PM
> To:   LSTOWN-L list
> Subject:      Too many attachments
>
> I have a very active list that is set to cut a digest after 1500 lines.
> That
> was reduced from 2000 lines a couple of days ago.  The problem is that a
> lot of
> sites reject mail messages that have over 20 attachments. Even at this
> 1500 line
> level the number of entries in the digest is over 20 so i get a lot of
> bounces
> trying to deliver digests.
>
> Is there a way for the digest to be sent as one long mail message instead
> of as different mail messages combined in such a manner that some mailers
> look
> at as different attachments?
>
> The options I can think of all seem to be unworkable at this point
>
> 1. lower the level even further
> 2. Change the problem address options to MAIL from DIGEST.
> 3. Tell subscribers to change their mailer.
>
> carl eynatian
> list administrator