diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/MessageEditController.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/MessageEditController.java
index 8cfeb996e329c49f1067b74c36b198be2a2a7b0a..63ac0f755f347264371d7b933f23f10ff5e6b459 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/MessageEditController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/fo/MessageEditController.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class MessageEditController extends FormBasicController {
 	protected static final String EDITMODE_REPLYMSG = "replymsg";
 	private static final String STICKY_SET_IDENTIFIER = "stickyset";
 	private static final String CMD_DELETE_ATTACHMENT = "delete.attachment.";
-	protected static final Integer MAX_BODY_LENGTH = 4000;
+	protected static final Integer MAX_BODY_LENGTH = 32000;
 
 	// see OLAT-4182/OLAT-4219 and OLAT-4259
 	// the filtering of .nfs is sort of temporary until we make sure that we no longer reference