My experience, MIME/UUEncoding for transport across the Internet can easily add 30% to the size of a message.
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Don Andrews <don.andr...@safeway.com>wrote: > Well…….if you attach a 10 meg file, the resulting email (particularly > when converted to SMTP) is likely to be 12-15 meg or more. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Scot Parsons [mailto:spars...@scetv.org] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:49 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: what is your maximum message size in exchange 2007 > > > > Isn’t there also overhead to consider? If you send a 10MB message, exchange > sees it as something like 12MB. Could an expert chime in on this? > > > > *From:* Louis, Joe [mailto:jlo...@guardianalarm.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:30 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: what is your maximum message size in exchange 2007 > > > > I have to agree with Sherry even though mine is 10mb. We have some reports > that go out that border that. > > > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:26 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: what is your maximum message size in exchange 2007 > > > > I think that you're very generous actually, I limit size to 5mb. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Dennis Melahn <den...@advancedav.com> > wrote: > > Was just curious if I was being unreasonable to my Sales department with my > firm stand on 10 meg. > > Thanks, > Dennis > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~