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Old 1 Oct 2005, 04:22 PM   #58
Edwin
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: UK
Posts: 3,118
Why not have two file attachment sizes?

Mail from a Runbox user to another Runbox user could have a massive limit (e.g. 100MB).

Mail from a Runbox user to the outside could still be subject the current limit, since there's very little chance a 100MB attachment will make it across an unknown-length chain of servers spread across the globe and most destination mail systems won't accept it anyway.

That way, Runbox doesn't need to transmit the massive attachment across the Web once it's uploaded (since they just need to move it between servers or even within the same server), and there's a 100% chance of it arriving in the destination user's mailbox.

Great for multiple company mailboxes... For example, give a company's 25 employees their own Runbox-powered addresses under @companydomain.com and they know they can send huge files back and forth to each other. The limits only come in when going "outside".
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