Subject: Re: Attachment problems?

From: Sven Guckes <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 1994 00:05:39 GMT

Judd Deaver <[email-masked]> writes:
>It was brought to my attention that problems may occur with sending large 
>(over 1MB) files attached to e-mail messages to a large number of people. 
>Is there a problem? If so how would I avoid it.

To avoid loss of biiig mails - cut it up into smaller chunks.
I forget what a good lower boud would be, but I suggest 100Kb per part.

Sven

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From: Judd Deaver <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 1994 11:27:09 -0800

It was brought to my attention that problems may occur with sending large 
(over 1MB) files attached to e-mail messages to a large number of people. 
The person who told me this had no information other then the attachment 
might be lost. Is there a problem? If so how would I avoid it. Is MIME 
protocol a standard that would allow me to do this? These messages might 
be sent through LAN's and to server's. It must be able to go intact to 
almost all types of connections. Any help is appreciated.
					[email-masked]

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From: lbrodsky@earth (Lloyd Brodsky/Rock Solid Communications)
Date: 24 Dec 1994 16:51:54 GMT

Sven Guckes ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Judd Deaver <[email-masked]> writes:
: >It was brought to my attention that problems may occur with sending large 
: >(over 1MB) files attached to e-mail messages to a large number of people. 
: >Is there a problem? If so how would I avoid it.

: To avoid loss of biiig mails - cut it up into smaller chunks.
: I forget what a good lower boud would be, but I suggest 100Kb per part.

: Sven

I might add that many hosts put a limit on either how large an individual 
mail message might be or how much storage an individual's mail may take 
up or both.

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From: [email-masked] (Wren Lee)
Date: 24 Dec 1994 17:29:20 GMT

Lloyd Brodsky/Rock Solid Communications (lbrodsky@earth) wrote:
: Sven Guckes ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : Judd Deaver <[email-masked]> writes:
: : >It was brought to my attention that problems may occur with sending large 
: : >(over 1MB) files attached to e-mail messages to a large number of people. 
: : >Is there a problem? If so how would I avoid it.

: I might add that many hosts put a limit on either how large an individual 
: mail message might be or how much storage an individual's mail may take 
: up or both.
 
:: How can one find out what the limitations are on specific hosts?
:: Our mailhub candidates are HP 7xx running hpux (Sys V) and Sun
:: running BSD 4.2.

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aloha,
/wren

wren lee,  Systems Engineer, SAIC Comsystems
Office:(808) 471 5475 Fax:(808) 471 7062  Email: [email-masked]