Amen. Thank you!! Randy Kramer
And, you did allude to this but I'd like to state it explicitly -- if that I MB is that big because it is HTML, a Word .doc, or something else that uses a lot of space without adding content, convert it to plain text, and still put it on a website instead of mailing it. On Friday 28 February 2003 04:09 am, I. Forbes wrote: > I have a problem with this. > > I cannot imagine any scenario which would justify sending out 400 000 > e-mails with a 1Mb attachment. The chaos that this will cause to your > recipients and the ISP's that host their e-mail will be very > significant. You are likely to find yourself subject to many > complaints, and a listing on "Spamcop" is a distinct possibility. > > So before you look at the technicalities of sending the e-mail > server, try and answer the following first: > > - Have all 400 000 people indicated their willingness to receive > this > e-mail? I can't believe they are employees of an organization, > and > even if they are clients of a bank or insurance company, it does > not > mean they would all be happy to get your e-mail. > > - Does the attachment have to be 1 Mb? Unless it contains essential > graphs or maps, it should be possible to make is smaller. 1 Mb of > text can hold a very large amount of information. > > - Would it not be better to distribute the file from a web site or > ftp > site, and e-mail a link from where it could be downloaded? > > I manage an e-mail list on behalf of a club. There are about 100 > paying members on the list which is used to distribute a news letter > about once a month. Some members are keen to see some pictures in the > news letter - which obviously adds to it's size. If the file size is > held at 500 to 700 kb it usually goes through without problems. If > the file size exceeds 1 mB we have had up to 30% bounces, complaints > and a variety of other problems. Every issue I have to negotiate with > the editor to get the size reduced! (This is the size of the file > that gets attached, the e-mail is significantly bigger.) > > Good Luck > > Ian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ian Forbes ZSD > http://www.zsd.co.za > Office: +27 21 683-1388 Fax: +27 21 674-1106 > Snail Mail: P.O. Box 46827, Glosderry, 7702, South Africa > --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
