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echo: nthelp
to: mike
from: Geo.
date: 2007-05-24 22:53:14
subject: Re: Webmail file size limitation question

From: "Geo." 

"mike"  wrote in message
news:jbfc53h0go7vt6quboprs98d1ab5g4kujk{at}4ax.com...

> eMail is only a "horrible way" to transmit files if the MTAs are
> configured to disallow large files.

You and your friend run your own mail servers, run one with over 20,000
users and you will quickly understand the problems associated with allowing
bulk (as in size instead of quantity) email. I'm hoping my use of the term
bulk conveys the real issues.

Geo.

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