[jdev] xmlnode length limit

[Peter Saint-Andre]

If you are routinely going to be sending large XML files, you might want
to consider file transfer:

http://www.jabber.org/jeps/jep-0096.html

/psa

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 05:04:02PM -0400, John Liston wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Newbie here. Indulge me.
> 
> My company is evaluating integrating an XMPP/Jabber client into our applications. We tested against jabberd 1.4.x and ran into the 500K xmlnode length limit that for us is a showstopper. I understand why the limit exists, but our application should be low volume and on private servers so availability is not a big concern.
> 
> I read in the email archive that the 500K limit is implementation-specific. Is that correct?
> 
> Does jabberd 2 have the 500K xmlnode limit?
> 
> What server implementations do not have the limit or have a configurable limit?
> 
> I also read recommendations to break large messages down into smaller (32K) chunks and reassemble them at the destination. Is that approach still recommended?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> John Liston