Well this is the thing - its really based on what your own mail-flow is. If you want reasons why to limit, you need to look at your own infrastructure and traffic - and gauge how it is hurting your environment (if at all).
Example: For one past employer, it was OK to set it at 20 GB for the occasional large file... that was until we got a new director of marketing, who started to righteously abuse our loose limitations. I sampled traffic and monitored the queues to see and show how it was hurting other users abilities to communicate in a timely manner (along with other email details and faux pas) - and present those findings at a staff, and then managerial meeting. Marketing got instructions and additional tools/services that not only stopped the from hurting the rest of the company, but improved their own effectiveness in the process. I find it helpful to turn it into an educational and positive experience for as many people as possible. -- Espi On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:06 AM, Nicholas Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > You are preaching to the converted, I imagine it’s a battle that we all > have to have with the users almost on a constant basis! Sometimes it’s > good to get validation from one’s peers though! > > > > Nick > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Micheal Espinola Jr > *Sent:* 19 December 2013 00:32 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Exchange] Quick straw poll: Email size limits > > > > Do you ever monitor your outbound queue and see just how long these large > messages are taking to go out? And how much of a backup it causes to other > outbound messages? Do you ever consider what you are doing to other people > mail servers similarly? > > Do the right thing - dont use email as a file transfer mechanism. > > > -- > Espi > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Nicholas Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We’re having the monthly battle with users about how big their attachments > can be and I was wondering what you guys have set for the sending limits in > your organisations. > > > > Out limits are currently set to 20mb internal and external (of course in > real terms equating to about 15mb with mime encoding) > > > > I just want to send some info to users about current standards in sizing. > I still consider 20mb to be quite generous myself! > > > > Nick > > > This electronic message contains information from CACI International Inc or > subsidiary companies, which may be confidential, proprietary, > privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is > intended to be used solely by the recipient(s) named above. If you are not > an intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of this transmission or its contents is prohibited. If > you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately > at [email protected] > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and > attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good > computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus > free. > > CACI Limited. Registered in England & Wales. Registration No. 1649776. > CACI House, Avonmore Road, London, W14 8TS. > > > > > This electronic message contains information from CACI International Inc or > subsidiary companies, which may be confidential, proprietary, > privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. The information is > intended to be used solely by the recipient(s) named above. If you are not > an intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, > distribution or use of this transmission or its contents is prohibited. If > you have received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately > at [email protected] > Viruses: Although we have taken steps to ensure that this e-mail and > attachments are free from any virus, we advise that in keeping with good > computing practice the recipient should ensure they are actually virus > free. > > CACI Limited. Registered in England & Wales. Registration No. 1649776. > CACI House, Avonmore Road, London, W14 8TS. >
