[imp] compose with attachment/s sized 800kb+

[Josh Trutwin]

On Tue, 02 Nov 2004 11:21:20 -0500
kendyl peebles <kendylpeebles at clancytheys.com> wrote:

> memory_limit = 32M
> 2.8M attachment - OK
> 3M    attachment - OK
> 3.4M attachment - OK
> 3.8M attachnemt - compose window becomes blank white screen that
> never goes away, after closing that window, subsequent compose
> popups never load past the'browser' window frame... cannot log out
> of imp.. must kill browser window and bring up new browser and log
> back in... message arrives intact at destination 3.9M attachment -
> "The page cannot be displayed" error... imp behaves normally after
> closing the compose popup manually. message arrives intact at
> destination.
> 
> hmmm  following progression... 8*8=64 should get me ~7.7mb
> attachment size, lets add 4 to set above 8M so.... setting
> memory_limit = 68M trying:

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Interesting findings - wonder why 68MB of memory is needed for an 8MB
attachment?  Would explain why my setting of 100MB was bombing at
around 10-12MB attachments.

Would it be possible for IMP to compute and display the maximum
allowable attachment size on the Attach screen using ini_get()?

Josh