Request: preference to always apply "Message is larger than maximum size, 50000 bytes. Truncate?"

[Scott_R]

I periodically get this dialog window. I was wondering if our user preferences could get an option to truncate by default. How often do people here hit "cancel," anyway? If we had a way to set Truncate as a default option, reporting would have one less step.

[ninth]

If you email a copy of the raw message using the submit address instead of going through the app it is not truncated. I find this handy for the long lists of websites selling random unwanted pots so they get included in abuse reports. The most interesting info is generally in the header and this method may not be the best for those wanting to send bulk spam reports? 

[Scott_R]

17 hours ago, ninth said:

If you email a copy of the raw message using the submit address instead of going through the app it is not truncated. I find this handy for the long lists of websites selling random unwanted pots so they get included in abuse reports. The most interesting info is generally in the header and this method may not be the best for those wanting to send bulk spam reports? 

Yes, but my request/suggestion was an option to automatically truncate such messages submitted via the website.

[RobiBue]

On 8/15/2023 at 5:11 PM, ninth said:

If you email a copy of the raw message using the submit address instead of going through the app it is not truncated. I find this handy for the long lists of websites selling random unwanted pots so they get included in abuse reports. The most interesting info is generally in the header and this method may not be the best for those wanting to send bulk spam reports? 

I always truncate emails larger than 50k regardless if I submit them by email or post them on the website. in fact, a long time ago I wrote a scr!pt that automatically checks the size and snips the end off.

 

the request for automatically truncating such emails is valid though. I always wished there was a checkbox that if active would do just that. Thanks Scott for placing this request. I'm sure many others, even though they are accustomed to redoing the submission would like this feature

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by RobiBue

[petzl]

16 hours ago, RobiBue said:

I always truncate emails larger than 50k regardless if I submit them by email or post them on the website. in fact, a long time ago I wrote a scr!pt that automatically checks the size and snips the end off.

Same here a lot of it is PDF rubbish
just write one or two spaces then write Truncated
But I do this by pasting into SpamCop's web  page.