metric version of 1000?

[James Gray]

On Mon, 1 May 2006 09:36 pm, Jeff A. Earickson wrote:
> Julian,
>
> > - - Support for "k", "m" and "g" multipliers in MailScanner.conf so that
> > entries can be written as "Max SpamAssassin Size = 30k" instead of
> > "30000". "k" = 1000, "m" = 1000000, "g" = 1000000000.
>
> I see you use the metric version of k, m, g.  In America we tend to use
> the old style version of 1024 (2^10), 1048576 (2^20), and 1073741824 (2^30)
> since we only have two fingers to count with.  :)

But look at the difference:

2^10 bytes = 1024,       10^3 bytes = 1000.       Difference 2.4%
2^20 bytes = 1048576,    10^6 bytes = 1000000.    Difference 4.9%
2^30 bytes = 1073741824, 10^9 bytes = 1000000000. Difference 7.4%

Granted the 1G (base 10) and 1G (base 2) difference is starting to diverge 
reasonably significantly, but once you're at the point of blocking messages 
around the gigabyte size, is blocking a message 7.4% "early" going to make a 
significant difference??

I'm with Julian ;)  BTW, thanks - this mod makes the config a LOT easier for 
humans to read and manage.

Cheers,

James 
-- 
"You're a creature of the night, Michael.  Wait'll Mom hears about this."
-- from the movie "The Lost Boys"
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