
Q360 What are some of the Limits associated with Winlink?
A360 Message size maximum, including Attachments: 120000 bytes (compressed)
[If a message exceeds the absolute compressed size limit, a service message will be sent to the sender advising that the message has not been accepted. There is no message number limit or overall byte limit.]
Attachment name size maximum: 50 characters (including extension)
Message Routing (retention period) from the CMS to a PMBO, for a particular Winlink
user address: 90 days
Life of an Unread message: 21 days
Registration period for a Winlink user: 400 days since last access via radio or Telnet
Life of a Tactical Email Address: 400 days since last use
Life of an email address in your Whitelist: 400 days since you last sent a message to that address.
Tactical address name length: Current Tactical addresses are limited to 12 characters total (including any "-") preceding the "@winlink.org". See Q7030.
User daily time limit for HF users is defaulted to 30 minutes. The PMBO operator may change that default, or customize it for different modes (pactor 1, pactor 2, pactor 3) and different users. If you have specific larger needs, email your request to the PMBO or RMS operator (pmbocallsign@winlink.org). There are no User daily time limits associated with a RMS packet gateway or Telnet.