One thing to take into account is the innefficiency of base64 (as used for MIME attachment). Base64ed file grow to about 150% of their original size, giving a useable file size limit of ~10 MB for your limit of 15 MB.
All those "joke" chain email with video and sound clip attached probably account for a big part of those over-quota mailboxes. On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 10:03:02AM -0400, Jim Howell wrote: > Hi, > I apologize for this off-topic question but I think we will all > find this useful. What mailfile size limits do folks support and the user > mailbox quota size? We are being told by some of our users that we are too > restrictive. Here at Cornell we allow 15MB mailfiles from 8am to 6pm and > 100MB mailfiles from 6pm to 8am. We also give our users a 200MB mailbox > quota. Please respond directly to me and I'll be happy to summawize for > the list. Thanks. > Jim > > > Jim Howell > CIT Messaging Systems Manager > Cornell University > 728 Rhodes Hall > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 607-255-9369 -- Etienne Goyer Linux Québec Technologies Inc. http://www.LinuxQuebec.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
