Slightly off-topic question but very useful one

[Etienne Goyer]

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: jwh2 at cornell.edu
> Phone: 607-255-9369 

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Etienne Goyer                    Linux Québec Technologies Inc.
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