much depends on mime encoding type. If base64 then 7Mb = 7+30% = 9..10Mb it's better to continue tests with text attached data with quoted-printable enconding rather than binary base64.
check your log files for remote server rejection Regards, Dmitri Elgin, http://imailzip.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matti Haack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Scott Erwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Max attachment size > > > I've been trying to increase the maximum outbound message size but it > > doesn't seem to be working. I have it set to 12MB but we can't send out > > anything larger than 7MB or so. The single message max size is set to > > 12MB also. I've stopped and restarted the smtp and queue manager > > services, but nothing changes. Clients are using Outlook Express. > > I am not shure, but MIME-Encoding for mailing an attachmed blows a file up - so it will be much larger in the email than on your hdd... > I assume that your 7MB file is 12MB if it is encoded for mail transfer... > But rising the limit will produce problems, because many malboxes are only 10MB larg and many Mail servers vill reject larger mails... > > Matti > > > > > - > Matti Haack - Hit Haack IT Service Gmbh > Neuburger Strasse 35, D-94032 Passau > +49 851 50477-22 Fax: +49 851 50477-29 > http://www.haack-it.de > > > > Ausgehende E-Mail wurde auf Viren gescannt > http://www.hit-gmbh.de > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
