On this topic, when attachments (i.e. word, pdf files) are seen in the spool, what causes this?
-Don -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Storage of attachments >Would anyone know how attachments are stored by the server. They aren't. The server just keeps the original raw E-mail, exactly as it was received. If there is an attachment, it may be MIME encoded, uuencoded, etc. However, the server will not decode the attachment(s). >Specifically, how are multiple recipients of attachments stored. In other >words, if a send a 1MB attachment to 5 people, does the server store 5 >copies of it? Each of the 5 recipients will get their own copy. When sending the E-mail, the sender's mail client will likely just send 1 copy of the E-mail, with a list of 5 recipients (sending 1MB). The server will then make a copy of each of the 5 recipients (assuming they are local), so at that point, it will take up 5 megabytes of space. -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ ---------- [This e-mail scanned by CompBiz for Viruses. http://www.CompBiz.Net] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
