Yeah, which makes it difficult in the case of a hosting company where multiple customers have different business needs. Might be an area in which a 3rd party content filtering gateway with the capacity to delay the delivery of oversized messages could add value.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dale Geoffrey Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:05 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: need ammo > > > I guess the best answer would be business-related. What is > the standard size of attachments that are sent to a company? > I would say that if your company were an advertising agency, > then you would need larger limits, due to the graphic file, > etc. If your company was a law firm, you would need even > larger limits. But if your company only exchanges emails > messages and rarely sends back and forth attachments, the > default could be no limit. As I said at the beginning -- it > is all related to the type of business, IMHO. > > Geoff....... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:53 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: need ammo > > > At my last gig we routinely received e-mail messages which > were 200MB+. 5-10MB limits would have been laughed at. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dale Geoffrey Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 10:46 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: need ammo > > > > > > IIRC, the 5MB limit comes from some Microsoft article I remember > > reading a long time ago. It could go back as far as Microsoft Mail > > 3.5. However, I have only heard discussion in various Exchange > > groups, that 5-10MB seems to be the limit (with exceptions, of > > course). > > > > Geoff....... > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 11:38 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: need ammo > > > > > > A quick check of 10 or so companies ESMTP compliant mail servers > > didn't bear out the assertion that most companies have a > limit of 5MB > > on the IMS. Has someone actually done a more comprehensive > survey of > > IMS limits or was the 5MB number an off the cuff statistic? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Darryl Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 7:35 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: need ammo > > > > > > > > > The general policy of most companies is 5MB limit of Internet > > > inbound/Outbound messages. In my opinion, too many users think of > > > email systems as being some panacean highway for any kind of data > > > transmission no matter the threat or inconvenience to > > others. I have > > > had nitwits send out large messages which got caught in a > > nasty mail > > > loop. There is no easy answer but I recommend that you > > approach this > > > from a policy point of view. > > > > > > Our policy here is 5MB. > > > No ifs or butts (pun intended). > > > > > > D. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andrey Fyodorov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 2:17 PM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: need ammo > > > > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > I have this customer who is unhappy about 10MB message > > limit size on > > > SMTP connectors in our shared Exchange environment. > > > > > > Does anyone have any scary stories about what happens when > > people try > > > to send too many messages that are too large? What is a > reasonable > > > size for SMTP message? > > > > > > Our servers originally had higher limits but a few times > large SMTP > > > messages crashed the servers. > > > > > > I just need to convince this customer that it is not a > good idea to > > > send large messages. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Andrey Fyodorov > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
