8 mb mail

You're referring to the 8MB email limit!

In the early days of email, many email providers, including AOL, had a limit of 8MB (megabytes) for email attachments. This was a relatively large size for attachments at the time, but it's tiny compared to the massive file sizes we see today.

The 8MB limit was largely due to the technical limitations of the internet and email protocols at the time. Email attachments were typically sent as binary files, which required a significant amount of bandwidth and processing power to transmit and store.

However, as internet speeds and storage capacities increased, email providers began to raise their attachment limits. Today, most email providers have much higher attachment limits, often in the range of 10-50MB or more.

Some email providers, like Gmail, have even eliminated attachment limits altogether, allowing users to send files of any size as long as they're under a certain size threshold (usually around 25MB).

So, while the 8MB email limit may seem quaint by today's standards, it was an important milestone in the development of email technology and paved the way for the large file attachments we enjoy today!