title: Find syslog max message length
body: <p>Most Unix programmers would be used to the interface defined by <code>syslog.h</code>, and many implementations (such as glibc) have no real limit on the size of the syslog message being sent to it, but there is usually a limit on the application listening to <code>/dev/log</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I'm wondering if anyone knows a way to find the maximum message size for the syslog? Or some good documentation of what the limit actually (or usually) is?</p>
  
  <p>Edit:</p>
  
  <p>So far I've found these RFCs on the topic:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3164.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3164.html</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc5426.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc5426.html</a></li>
  </ul>