From: mike 

On Thu, 24 May 2007 22:53:15 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"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.

I understand the difference between what I do with my email servers, and
what an ISP needs to do.

However, that still has no effect upon my preference for using email
instead of ftp to send files around.

 /m

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