[AusNOG] [SAGE-AU Discuss] [RESULTS] Straw poll: what is your email message size limit?

[Paul Gear]

On 03/26/2013 12:49 PM, Paul Gear wrote:
> On 03/26/2013 10:57 AM, Paul Gear wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We have high-up non-technical people in our organisation asking for a 
>> higher email message size limit.  (Ours is set to 10 Mb, which is the 
>> most common limit i've seen.)  We've explained that increasing our 
>> email system's limit won't solve the problem if every other mail 
>> system has a similar limit, but the message isn't getting through.
>>
>> If you have the information at your disposal, would you kindly reply 
>> off-list with your current email size limit?  I'm happy to summarise 
>> the results for the list.
>>
>> If there's a better place to ask this, or if someone has already 
>> collated this data for most Australian ISPs, please feel free to 
>> point me to the right place.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Paul
>>
> ...
> I'd also like to publish some of the comments i received off-list.  
> Because i said i would summarise the results for the lists, i'm going 
> to assume that anyone who emailed me directly will be happy to be 
> quoted anonymously.  However, if any of you feel strongly that you 
> don't want your comments to be used, please reply to the message you 
> sent me stating so.  I'll give it 24 hours before i throw up the 
> comments on Google Drive.  Once i've published this, i'll keep it up 
> to date with any updated responses i receive.
>
> Thanks again for the responses - i count it a privilege to be part of 
> such helpful and expert online communities!

For those who care, i've now posted the results of the straw poll:

http://libertysys.com.au/blog/email-message-size-limits

Regards,
Paul
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