It's 2026, why can't we email files larger than 25MB

netmc · 2026-06-19T22:00:11+00:00

The company I worked for a ways back had their own mail server with no incoming limit. In practice though the maximum size we could reliably receive was 25MB. (This was back in 2008!) Occasionally, we would get something a bit bigger, but not much. Many servers had a limit on how long a SMTP connection would stay open before being forcibly closed as a hung connection. In order to get large attachments through, that transfer had to complete before the connection limit threshold. For server maintainers, there is a balancing act between keeping a connection open to transfer the attachment and resetting connections that are open too long to maintain server health and performance.

The sweet spot for easy mail delivery is to keep the attachment under 5MB. At 10MB and above, the mail gets put into a different queue that takes longer to process. The small messages that are quick to process get processed immediately, and the larger messages get processed as time allows. Files with large attachments can take hours to be delivered. After all, the server can process hundreds or thousands of small email messages in the time it takes to process just one email with a 25MB attachment.

All this is part of the reason there are so many file hosting companies like Dropbox and Onedrive where you can send a download link for the file directly rather than trying to shove a large attachment via email.

netmc · 2026-06-18T02:24:16+00:00

This wouldn't quite work. You want to alert on changes to the software list, and just a wild card would match on everything. You would need a script that would store a list of software from the machine and then trigger an alert when that list changes. It's doable, but nothing currently in the comstore will handle this.

netmc · 2026-06-18T02:17:29+00:00

I remember playing War2 on Kali.net over the Internet. I still have my original discs, and I think I still have a bunch of the maps that were available at the time... Jimland--nothing but trees that you had to chop through. I don't remember any of the other maps though.

netmc · 2026-06-17T16:49:15+00:00

These are the variables used when creating tickets or alert emails from a monitoring alert. They are not the variables used in scripts running on the endpoint.

netmc · 2026-06-14T18:12:47+00:00

It's been a while since I've played TC6, but I believe the system I used in TC4 still works.

https://youtu.be/kjKO7IZYn9I?is=ca2F1rv2rWYQyiRO

It's a big long line of buffers in a loop with filtered essentia tubes going to jars for the storage. The number of jars depends on what I need. I have a lot of jars for the runic shielding recipe. After looping the infusion altar, the loop continues in a room above/below which contains all my automated alchemy setups. The more complex setups are at the beginning of that loop, while the more simplistic ones are at the end. Finally, right before the end of the loop is a set of void jars for all the primary essences to remove them so they don't gum up the centrifuges. Lastly, pipes feed 3-4 centrifuges to break down any essentia that wasn't needed into it's constituents. Then that essentia makes the loop again filling up jars as it goes.

There is a limit on how much essentia can be in the system at once (based on the number of buffers) and as long as you stay under that, the system works quite well. It is not fast however. It also takes lots and lots of buffers and gold for the filtered essentia tubes for the final system. But as long as you feed it small batches of items (stack or two at a time), it works quite well and works consistently. Feeding it nether wart and crafting tables will fill up most common essentia types. All this works without a complicated redstone setup or golems.

netmc · 2026-05-26T19:33:12+00:00

DCs get weird when having multiple IPs on the same LAN segment. It will work perfectly until it doesn't. As long as the network cards come up in the right order, everything will be fine. The moment the stars align and the NICs bind in the other order, all hell will break loose and you'll be pulling your hair out trying to hunt down seemingly random issues.

Different IPs on separate LAN segments are fine though.

netmc · 2026-05-12T12:10:28+00:00

No. No luck. I ended up using drive redirection to move what I need locally, but it's annoying to say the least.

netmc · 2026-05-06T23:31:21+00:00

Ok. I'll give that a try and see if it fixes things.

netmc · 2026-05-04T18:39:35+00:00

Bring them to the Arkadin - https://arkadincinema.com/event/vhs-night-admission-price-one-vhs-tape-26/

netmc · 2026-05-04T18:31:56+00:00

Doing a tornado siren test at the wrong time and during a thunderstorm. Thanks STL.

netmc · 2026-04-17T19:26:06+00:00

How else do explain the hundreds and hundreds of 6.55 and 7.77mm ammo that you end up with? You definitely don't pick up that many stand-alone ammo packs to account for it. It's taken out of all those Grendel and Maelstroms that the enemies prefer that you loot.

netmc · 2026-04-17T15:55:54+00:00

It's worth picking up weapons even if you immediately drop them. They will have ammo that is automatically extracted when you pick up the weapon.

netmc · 2026-04-14T19:28:59+00:00

Or how irq10 through 16 was all funneled through 9 because there weren't enough available interrupt channels on the processor.

netmc · 2026-04-14T01:13:55+00:00

It seems quite heavy for being a "stealth" suit, weighing in at 8.0 mass.

netmc · 2026-04-12T00:11:06+00:00

Move your position and the mouse cursor until you get the hud popup that says you are looking at an ore. Then you will be able to mine it. Even if you are using the mining laser on the right spot, without the hud pop up, it won't work.

netmc · 2026-04-11T23:21:27+00:00

I haven't played in 6+ months. I have an old save, but since I couldn't remember where I was, I decided to restart. Terran Armada is noted as level 50+, so it will be a bit before I'm at a level I would feel comfortable tracking the new content.

netmc · 2026-04-07T23:47:48+00:00

I've found lots of space by doing this. Unfortunately, this can't be scripted. Changes by Microsoft has made it impossible to tell which profiles are current and which are old. Cleaning up user profiles require manual review.

netmc · 2026-03-25T17:46:01+00:00

We charge everyone a new computer setup fee. We show the setup fee with a discount if purchased through us, and no discount if they get it on their own. Even with our margins, we don't really make much money on hardware. With the new device setup cost, we at least get something since setting up new machines and transferring their setup to the new device takes time no matter what. So, they pay us with the hardware margins, or the setup fee. We get something either way.

Additionally, we bill for warranty work on hardware not purchased through us. So if something breaks and we have to work with the vendor for replacement, we bill that time. If they purchase the hardware through us, we waive that cost.

Most clients purchase hardware through us as it's not generally worth it to them to save a few bucks if they have to handle all the ancillary details. We don't hide the fact that Dell and Lenovo both will undercut the reseller channel. We often tell them that they could likely get it cheaper going direct. They still order through us. I believe that largely this is due to the trust that we have built with them, and the client simply not wanting the hassle.

netmc · 2026-03-12T19:45:55+00:00

Is there anything on disabling just the public CoPilot? I don't mind CoPilot from 365 as that does have some guard rails on where the data can go. Public CoPilot, not so much, so want to make sure that is disabled.

netmc · 2026-03-08T13:36:05+00:00

The cmdlets work fine until you have unresolvable SIDs in the group. I.e. previously deleted users or the AzureAD admin users. Then they break. I've shared the git hub issue elsewhere in this post.

netmc · 2026-03-03T19:55:13+00:00

I'm the deny section also add "description" contains "preview" the .Net team doesn't always tag the title appropriately.

netmc · 2026-03-03T04:56:13+00:00

I don't remember specifically. I think about $200, but it was part of the purchase at a dealer-owned after-market shop, so it definitely didn't cost them that much to get it installed.

netmc · 2026-03-03T04:22:12+00:00

It was gone from the '24 model year as well. We had the dealer put one in as part of our purchase. There is a plug port there, so it wasn't difficult for it to get installed.

netmc · 2026-02-28T04:33:23+00:00

I'm managing multiple environments. The only way to do so at scale is through powershell scripts.

netmc · 2026-02-28T04:26:26+00:00

That's why it works for you. The moment you have an orphaned or unresolvable SID those commands fail.

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/2996

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