<html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">We set ours too 25MB<br><br></div></div><hr><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Rod Veith</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">26/03/2013 4:00 PM</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</span><br><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Re: [AusNOG] Straw poll: what is your email message size limit?</span><br><br>Email is one of the best business productivity tools going around.<br><br>If techs are saying email wasn't designed for large attachments or to send<br>data efficiently, then methinks the emailing standards need to be upgraded<br>for today's world.<br><br>PS: 10MB, upgrading soon, probably to 25MB.<br><br>Rod<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net<br>[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Ross Wheeler<br>Sent: Tuesday, 26 March 2013 12:47 PM<br>To: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Straw poll: what is your email message size limit?<br><br><br><br>> It's 2013. Email *is* designed for file sharing - that's why every <br>> email client has an "attach file" button on it, and why we have <br>> protocols like MIME.<br><br>People complain and call for government intervention for the "excessive" <br>10% surcharge cabcharge applies, and the "excessive" 2-5% credit card<br>surcharges.<br><br>How'd they feel if they were made aware of the 33% "surcharge" file<br>attachments via email are costing them (especially those sending and<br>receiving them over 3G or other pay-per-byte delivery media).<br><br>MIME is an (expensive) workaround to move files via a mechanism that was<br>never intended to send binary data. That it does so is more a testiment to<br>people ingenuity. Doesn't make it "the right tool for the job" though, even<br>if mail clients DO have an "Attach" button.<br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br>AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br>AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog<br></body></html>