Blocking large attachments in Outlook

[Guest]

A user attached a 1.2 GB movie to an email and attempted to send it. On the
Exchange backend I have a 150 MB max limit for messages. This limitation
works on emails exceeding that limit by dropping the message and sending an
NDR. However, that does not prevent the user from trying to send a 1.2 GB
message. Is there a way to prevent a user from physically attaching an
attachment in Outlook?

Rory

 

[Brian Tillman]

A user attached a 1.2 GB movie to an email and attempted to send it.
On the Exchange backend I have a 150 MB max limit for messages. This
limitation works on emails exceeding that limit by dropping the
message and sending an NDR. However, that does not prevent the user
from trying to send a 1.2 GB message. Is there a way to prevent a
user from physically attaching an attachment in Outlook?

Do you want to prevent all attachments? Your version of Outlook might make
a difference. Always mention the version when posting.

You might want to ask in microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba where the
coders hang out.

 

[Guest]

Brian,

Thanks. I'll try the other forum too. I am running Outlook 2003 SP2. No,
we don't want to block any attachments per se just certain sized attachments.
I can prevent messages over a certain size from being sent on Exchange but
that does not prevent the user from physically attaching their OS to a
message and pushing the send button.

Rory

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks. I'll try the other forum too. I am running Outlook 2003
SP2. No, we don't want to block any attachments per se just certain
sized attachments. I can prevent messages over a certain size from
being sent on Exchange but that does not prevent the user from
physically attaching their OS to a message and pushing the send
button.

I'd be VERY surprised if you can get that granularity. I would expect that,
if the ability exists at all, it would be an all-or-nothing approach. There
are multiple ways to attach something to a message, some of which are basic
to Windows and not the application, that I don't see how you'd address them
all.