While I tend to agree with the stance "e-mail isn't the medium for large file transfers", the bottom line is that IT is meant to serve business requirements. As someone said it before, if the users need certain functionality to support the business, the business needs to give you the resources to make it happen. Its the responsibility of the IT professional to clearly state the pros and cons and to identify what those resources are.
While it becomes a bit of an administrative PITA, you can set the global sending size limit to the maximum required by certain departments/users in your company, and then individually assign lower sending limits to those who don't require that capability for business purposes. This at least narrows the overhead of large attachment transmission. - Sean On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Ralph Smith <m...@gatewayindustries.org>wrote: > We had a situation where a salesperson was trying to get a new customer. > The potential customer wanted to send a 15 meg attachment with the product > specs to our salesperson so we could get a quote back to him. His email was > bounced because of the attachment size limit. We asked him to upload it to > our FTP server, but he didn’t want to do it. Now our rules are making it > difficult for him, and he starts getting the feeling we are hard to work > with. So do we relax our message size limit, or lose a sale? > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:54 PM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: what is your maximum message size in exchange 2007 > > > > Like I said, setup and used properly FTP is much easier for everyone. We > have our users trained on how to upload to our FTP site, note the url for > the file and send the url to the person that wants the file via email. > You're not asking the VP of Advertising for Eaton Corp to use FTP, they are > just clicking on a link in an email. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Kennedy, Jim < > kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> wrote: > > We were never too keen on asking customers to deal with FTP. For example > the VP of Advertising for Eaton Corp or the CEO of Forest City Enterprises > is just not someone you would tell had to use FTP. > > > > > > > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:41 PM > > > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Re: what is your maximum message size in exchange 2007 > > > > That's what FTP is for, File Transfer Protocol, Exchange is an > email/calendering application. Setup and used properly, FTP is much more > secure than email. > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Kennedy, Jim < > kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> wrote: > > Do they need larger attachments to do their job? If yes, then either you > are being unreasonable or your company is being unreasonable by not > providing you the budget to support the needed size. > > Attachment size is a business decision and then IT should have the budget > to provide that business need. I worked at an advertising agency in the > past. Big attachments flying around helped them work better and faster and > the company gave me the money to make it work, so I gave it to them. > > It was also real nice to know that every attachment bounce that came in was > the result of the outside sender/recipient rather than me. It made answering > that question nice and easy. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis Melahn [mailto:den...@advancedav.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:24 PM > > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > > Subject: what is your maximum message size in exchange 2007 > > > > 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 ~ > > ~ 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 > Sent from Haslet, TX, United States > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > Sent from Haslet, TX, United States > > > > * > > Confidentiality Notice: > > ****************** > > This communication, including any attachments, may contain confidential > information and is intended only for the individual or entity to whom it is > addressed. Any review, dissemination, or copying of this communication by > anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you are > not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email, delete > and destroy all copies of the original message. > * > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
