* Store the body of any large (>1K) message in a separate database. This

[citadel.git] / citadel / techdoc / hack.txt

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@@ -239,6 +239,10 @@ all software should be written to IGNORE fields not currently defined.
 BYTE   Mnemonic        Comments
 
 A      Author          Name of originator of message.
+B      Big message     This is a flag which indicates that the message is
+                        big, and Citadel is storing the body in a separate
+                        record.  You will never see this field because the
+                        internal API handles it.
 D      Destination     Contains name of the system this message should
                        be sent to, for mail routing (private mail only).
 E      Extended ID     A persistent alphanumeric Message ID used for