On Wednesday, August 4, 2004, 11:52:09 AM, David wrote: DF> We have never set message size limits on our servers. Now it is DF> becoming an issue.
DF> Is there any sort of standard for maximum message sizes? This is for DF> hosted customers and I'd like to be reasonable, but I don't think DF> allowing them to receive 18meg + messages is necessary. (I just shook DF> my head when I saw this one after hearing the question: "Why is my DF> Outlook locking up?") DF> What limits do you all use? I think you found your answer... You want your maximum message size to be small enough that the message won't crash your customer's MUA, and large enough that the vast majority of cases are handled without trouble. Another way to look at it is based on the maximum size of their mailbox (if any). How many messages is _reasonable_ in such a mail box on average. Divide it out and cut it in half so that twice as many messages would fit... remember average means half of the time you're bigger and half of the time you're smaller ;-) If you can't find a happy medium for your customers then take your best shot, publish it prolifically, and include an alternate mechanism for them to use (such as FTP). This is a problematic solution - but by definition so is the problem. Hope this helps, _M PS: On our system, which is small and populated mostly by power users, we don't have any such limits - but we do charge for storage and throughput ;-) --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.