Re: Email messages: How large is too large? size matters, not

[Jon Crowcroft]

 >>get angry at them, they should ask before sending a big attachment.
 >>As a definition of "big", I said "1 MB and more".
 
i dont care what SIZE it is - i only care whether i have the
application to view it  - microsoft users sdjhould be educated in the
simple fact - not everyone has word or powerpoint or wants to buy them
- so NEVER EVER send a word or ppt or excel
attachment except to someone you are
co-authoring a paper/talk/expense claim
with and have agreed the package in advance by text mail

publically avaialble standards exist for the excchange of text and
graphics, and we do not need to tolerate a monopoly who fails to serve
the maximum public good by failing to publish their interchange
formats.

 cheers

   jon