Max file size Outlook can send?

[Gregg Hill]

Hello!

When Outlook is connected to an Exchange 2003 server on which the file size
limits have been removed, is there a limit as to how large of a file that
Outlook can send?

Thank you!

Gregg Hill

 

[F.H. Muffman]

When Outlook is connected to an Exchange 2003 server on which the
file size limits have been removed, is there a limit as to how large
of a file that Outlook can send?

Outlook has no built in limits dealing with attachment size.

I'm guessing you're seeing a problem of some kind sending a large
attachment? E-mail has never been the ideal method of sharing files.
Especially on a network, where you have file servers that you can point to a
share on and not have to worry about the user receiving a large file on a
slow connection.

 

[Gregg Hill]

I have a client who has problems sending large files. She has SBS 2000, but
refuses to use Exchange, and she is having problems sending big files, in
spite of her ISP stating that they increased her limit. The messages never
make it to the intended recipient, and the bounce messages are from her
ISP...or so she states.

I have not been on site to verify her problem.

I just wanted to make sure Outlook itself was not the problem.

Yes, I am working on alternatives.

Thank you!

Gregg Hill

 

[F.H. Muffman]

I have a client who has problems sending large files. She has SBS
2000, but refuses to use Exchange, and she is having problems sending
big files, in spite of her ISP stating that they increased her limit.
The messages never make it to the intended recipient, and the bounce
messages are from her ISP...or so she states.

I have not been on site to verify her problem.

I just wanted to make sure Outlook itself was not the problem.

The only way Outlook could be a problem is if the timeout setting was too
low for the connection speed (which isn't an outlook problem per se, it's
just fixable in Outlook, assuming the time out will go high enough to fix
it). If they are actually getting a bounceback, then that isn't the
problem, but it's definitely one of those situations where you need to know
exactly what is being handed back when sending the message.