worked out some bugs in exporting messages, not all in new code - mechanisms will be needed to cope with the bugs in the database

config/config.go

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	argparse "github.com/alexflint/go-arg"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 )
 
@@ -31,8 +32,9 @@ const AMSTERDAM_COPYRIGHT = "2025-2026"
 
 // AmCLI is the command-line interface arguments structure.
 type AmCLI struct {
-	ConfigFile string `arg:"-C,--config" help:"Location of the configuration file."`
-	DebugPanic bool   `arg:"--debug-panic" help:"Development Only - disable Echo panic recovery"`
+	ConfigFile       string `arg:"-C,--config" help:"Location of the configuration file."`
+	DebugPanic       bool   `arg:"--debug-panic" help:"Development Only - disable Echo panic recovery"`
+	BuggyAttachments bool   `arg:"--buggy-attachments" help:"Some attachments may be buggy - truncate data if necessary"`
 }
 
 // CommandLine is the command-line arguments passed to Amsterdam.
@@ -239,6 +241,10 @@ func parseDataSize(s string) (int32, error) {
 func SetupConfig() {
 	argparse.MustParse(&CommandLine)
 
+	if CommandLine.BuggyAttachments {
+		log.Warn("WARNING: --buggy-attachments flag set - NOT recommended for production usage")
+	}
+
 	if CommandLine.ConfigFile != "" {
 		// load the data and use it to unmarshal the loaded configuration
 		data, err := os.ReadFile(CommandLine.ConfigFile)