Remember, too, that when you attach a file, it is encrypted into the e-mail and, as part of the encryption process, the resulting file that is sent is between 25 and 40% larger than the actual e-mail and attachment.
Example: If you have a 100k e-mail and 100k attachment, the logical thought would be that the total is 200k for the file size.
In reality, once it is encrypted into the e-mail message, to be sent to the remote MX server, the file is somewhere between 275 and 380k.
All of that has to be taken into account when setting limits.
Bruce Barnes
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