Re: [SAGE] choosing the proper max SMTP message size

["Gary Richardson" <gary.richardson@xxxxxxxxx>]

My feeling is that modern servers and software can handle large messages sizes easily. Bandwidth typically isn't a problem either, unless you're trying to cut bandwidth costs. Even then, mail servers  accept the message before they calculate the size, so the message has already been transfered once.

The bigger issue I have experienced is that mail clients don't handle large attachments well. Outlook is crashy to begin with, but opening a message with a 100MB attachment is painful. Pulling a 10mb+ attachment from an IMAP server into 
Mail.app isn't smooth either. About the only mail client I've used that handles large attachments will is gmail (or any other webmail client for that matter). I suppose that doesn't count either, since it's really just a webpage.

On Jan 2, 2008 10:43 AM, a42n8k9 dejazzd.com <a42n8k9@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Good afternoon,I currently have the situation where legitimate attachments are being rejected due to the message size.  The other side of the conundrum is that our users (and their correspondents) are not very technical and often have difficulty with FTP which results in help desk calls, etc.  I should also add that we have also experienced size-creep over the years.  We started with 2M size, then 3, then 5, then 6, 8, 10, etc. I believe that our servers can continue to handle the increased attachments as they really don't happen all that often.  It's just that I have been asked to come up with a permanent solution so we don't have the problem or help desk calls any more.I'm curious about what most sites set the max SMTP message size to and how problems like this have been overcome or worked around.Thanks,- Bennett