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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/26/2013 01:11 PM, Geordie Guy
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If only there was some sort of protocol to transfer files. Even
if it were a trivial one. You could even have a secure version.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Mark
Delany <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="im">> I've found that email enables poor
habits.. Emailing a 10MB doc to the<br>
> user 2 rooms down via a hosted exchange? Floods the
link twice, plus<br>
> stores the attachment in your local OST, the
recipients local OST, and<br>
> two copies in the exchange store. Now, modify it, and
send it back.<br>
> Ouch.<br>
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Why ouch? The network is serving the company, not the other
way<br>
around. Bits and storage are cheap. People are expensive.<br>
...<br>
So your best course of action is to make sure their tool of
choice<br>
works very well, all the time. The alternative of punishing
"poor<br>
habits" to save a little computing infrastructure is a
fool's errand.<br>
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In Mark's defence, the same reason applies: people are expensive,
and teaching non-techies to use SFTP is not exactly straightforward.<br>
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In Ed's defence, the "people are expensive" bit applies to his
scenario as well - if it's only an ADSL link connecting you to your
hosted Exchange server, the human cost of tying up that link for 2 x
10 MB transfers is significant, especially in the outbound direction
- QoS can only help so much...<br>
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Paul<br>
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