Maximum Email Attachment Size?

[sgmc]

I am under the impression that the maximum attachment size in outgoing emails is 10MB... there are providers out there (even free email services) that allow 20MB attachments.

 

What is the actual maximum attachment size for outgoing emails at TCH?

[TCH-Bruce]

There is no limit on the size of sending an attachment for your account. However sending large files via email is absurd (IMO).

 

Upload the file to your webspace and send a link to who ever to download it.

 

You are correct, ISP's normally have limits for attachments.

 

Some good reasons for not sending large attachments.

 

1. It does not clog up the email servers either here at TCH or on the receiving end.

 

2. More and more ISP's are blocking large attachments

 

3. Depending on the extension of the file being attached it may be stripped off. You cannot send an attachment with .exe extension from the TCH servers and most ISP's block attachments with an .exe extension.

 

4. Not everyone is on a high-speed internet connection. Sending someone on dial-up a 10MB attachment is just going to piss them off.

[sgmc]

Thanx for the fast response and the move to the proper forum...

 

So I take it the current max file size is 10MB...

 

IMO

... people on dial-up need to get with it and get hi-speed

... it does take extra clicks to upload rather than to just attach.

... some people even with hi-speed don't have a clue how to work a link and download the attachment... they can barely get an attachment from an email

... other people do not have internet access at work. or only to specific sites which then rarely includes our webspace. they could receive emails but a link and downloading would be futile.

... 10MB used to be ok, but file sizes are increasing and I'm running into more and more 12-15MB files (many of my excel files are this large and it's not something that could/should go into access)

... what about security if it's sitting in a webspace? I know email can be intercepted too, but some people get even more concerned about their data being publicly available. Even though you probably need an exact link to the file to get it...

... i had issues with downloading a large file yesterday, my firewall has some weird setting that I have yet to discover, that interrupts larger downloads at various points. So I asked my dad to download and email... luckily he can send up to 20MB...

 

so it goes both ways, and I think whether it's 10MB or 20MB is not going to clog servers more than before. 2x at the most obviously... and I bet some people would pay extra for a larger attachment max...

[TCH-Bruce]

So I take it the current max file size is 10MB...

 

There is no file size limit for sending....

 

For security, you could create a password protected folder and provide the user/passord combination to download from the link you provide.

 

As for people not knowing how to download files using a link in an email, why not educate them? These are the same people that are probably opening attachments from people they don't know and getting infected with virus and trojan files.

 

As I said, TCH imposes no limit on the size of sending an attachment.