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> Neil Stone wrote: > >> Right tool for the job is whats needed.. Why people insert a jpeg image >> in >> a word file and send it that way i'll never know.. just send the .jpg >> file >> damnit.. </rant> >> >> > > Or in my case, some of the users I support just take a screen print (or > BMP file) paste it in Word and then e-mail it out to me. > > Worse offender though sent out a 27MB Powerpoint presentation to the > whole of one site. The problem with this is the mail server is located > in Bristol so that was 27MB going up the WAN and then down the WAN > (which is 2MBit) to about 30 users. > > I've lost count of how many times I've told them to put the files on the > local file server and just e-mail the location of the server. > > Rob > Only to 30 people ? thats boring.. we have around 60 people.. in Plymouth office alone.. and about another 40 in Exeter.. Thankfully we have a 10mb cap on emails, but 9.9mb * 100 users = 99mb Exeter are on ADSL... great... -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html