Recommended Email size

[wattsupwyo]

I've currently set the limit of outgoing and incoming email message sizes to 5 MB. I am frequently getting requests to up this limit. I'm hoping to get a discussion about what the general experience is in this regard. I've done a short search on google and found that the limits range from maybe 2 MB up to 50 MB. What do all of you suggest? Why?

Thanks for your input.

wattsup

 

[lmoe]

5 mb can be too limiting if people have a need to send large graphics files.

I just prefer to limit the storage capacity and let people send whatever they want.

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[Davetoo]

Depends on how big a pipeline you have to the Internet and how many users you have. If you open it up completely, then a few users sending huge emails could choke your server and bandwidth.

We set our limit at 10MB, anything above that and the users are advised to use FTP instead.

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[Marcs41]

It also depends on where they want to send to, alot of server reject messages larger then 5MB. If that is the case, no point upping the limit.

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[Zelandakh]

As Marc says, a lot of remote servers have a 5MB limit. If you have a 64kb leased line, it needs to be lower, if you have a 100mb ethernet connection it can be higher.

I'd say 1 minute on your line.

Internally I say 1MB unless absolutely required - if it is going to be needed elsewhere then email is better than sending it on a CD.

They still throw 150MB around like text...

 

[xmsre]

As small as you can get away with.