Attach synced file as link if it exceeds local filesize limit

boards/models/post/sync.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 b' from boards.models import KeyPair, Globa'
 from boards.models.attachment.downloaders import download
 from boards.utils import get_file_mimetype, get_file_hash
 from django.db import transaction
+from django import forms
 
 EXCEPTION_NODE = 'Sync node returned an error: {}.'
 EXCEPTION_DOWNLOAD = 'File was not downloaded.'
@@ -236,7 +237,9 b' class SyncManager:'
                     tag_ref = tag_refs.find("{}[@ref='{}']".format(
                         TAG_ATTACHMENT_REF, attachment.text))
                     url = tag_ref.get(ATTR_URL)
+                    try:
                     attached_file = download(hostname + url)
+
                     if attached_file is None:
                         raise SyncException(EXCEPTION_DOWNLOAD)
 
@@ -245,6 +248,9 b' class SyncManager:'
                         raise SyncException(EXCEPTION_HASH)
 
                     files.append(attached_file)
+                    except forms.ValidationError:
+                        urls.append(hostname+url)
+                        
 
             if is_old:
                 post = global_id.post