We have a large attachment issue. Our internet max. message size is set at a lofty 20MB. Internally there was no limit set on max. message size. Users abused this frequently and sent messages 200MB plus to half dozen recipients. I recently implemented by necessity a limit a 100MB internally. I’m getting push back but I’m digging in. Does anyone have any recommendations or boilerplate I can give to the end users to use a better tool or method? I know about Quickr and drop it on a server or database, then send a link. What are common limits out there and how do you instruct end users who think they need to send massive attachments?
Subject: You may try this tools
At www.zipmail.com there are many tools that can help you.First you can try ZipMail client to compress the attachments before they are sent… thus gaining moreless 50%. This product also puts limits in the size of the attached files (in a per attachment basis) and you can have different configurations based on the user name.
You can also try MK Email size limiter, this product can restrict a user from sending an email based on the message size, number of recipients, and other criteria. There can be different configurations for users… so managers may have one configuration and users other. This product puts the email in low priority, gives warnings, and forbids from sending.
HTH
Subject: generous indeed
200MB or for that matter 100MB is totally out of the question for us. We have 3.5MB!!! set as the global limit, and try advise people with more that that size to use hosted file sharing services, like sendit.com, box.net… well of course the enterprise accounts.Though I would still like to understand the common practices followed for sharing large files.
Thanks Pablo for those compression solution links
Subject: Generous?
I wouldn’t use that word. I just don’t get the support I need from the right places. Nevertheless, I don’t want to come off as a whiner. I set the limit at 100MB so I’m in a position to win the argument and least impact the business. I’m working it down to 20MB but I need to build some best practices first.
Subject: attachment size limits
You are very generous. Our limit is 20MB also - no exceptions. If they feel the need to send a large file, then perhaps FTP, burn a cd or make sure they’ve tried compressing it.