[Nut-upsuser] Message body is too big: 247741 bytes with a limit of 40 KB

[Charles Lepple]

On May 12, 2017, at 10:13 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk> wrote:
> 
> On 11.05.17 17:35, Jesse Molina wrote:
>> A 40KB limitation on messages is probably inappropriate in the year 2017.
> 
> sending mail >40KB is inapropriate in this kind of mailing list.
> If you have attachment, share it via web.
> 
> text is welcome pastebin or paste.debian.org (since this list runs on
> lists.debian.org).

pastebins are certainly an option, but I would like to reiterate the point I was trying to make in the other thread:
> 
> The recommended maximum debug level for initial bug reports is "-DDD" or "-DD", depending on where you look in the documentation. The usbhid-ups driver is fairly verbose, so "-DD" is usually good enough for a first pass.
> 
> I usually ask users to compress logs with gzip, and send as an attachment. This lets me do a "zgrep" on previous logs to find similarities. If logs come in as Zip files, or inline, it certainly isn't the end of the world, but it lengthens the search.

a pastebin post is usually ephemeral, and depends on someone grabbing a large enough chunk in a mail reply in order to be archived long-term.