on 7-3-2008 11:43 PM Anne Wilson spake the following: > On Thursday 03 July 2008 22:29:55 Jim Perrin wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Anne Wilson <cannewilson-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg at public.gmane.org> > wrote: >>> My daughter needs to send me a large file. It appears that it is getting >>> through my ISP, but being rejected on my CentOS mail server. The message >>> she's getting says >> Much as I dislike getting or giving "you asked for x, but here's how >> to do it with y" I'm going to do so here. >> >> Email is one of those things which is great for small files, and such, >> but large transfers can cause issues at pretty much every aspect of >> the trip. If you've already got a webserver running, add a password >> protected area for uploads. You can even set it up to allow webdav >> style transfers over https. This avoids any mail handling delays, lets >> both parties know it got there successfully, and keeps the clutter out >> of the mailserver. > > I wouldn't dream of sending big files like that by email, but this is a > windows user who 'wants to get things done, not play with computers'. Her > experience is that she can send a big pdf to her printers, so she wouldn't > think that he sets his mailbox to accept unusually large files. As far as > she's concerned, I'm at fault. She even read the 'Message size exceeds fixed > limit' as meaning that my inbox was full. It's no good trying to tell her > about better ways. She wouldn't see that as part of her work. > > </rant> Thanks to list members I'll get the file thiis morning. > > Anne That is one of the biggest of my beefs about windows. It allows any computer noob to shoot themselves in the foot very easily. That can be a plus or a negative. The biggest negative is that there are now millions of computers on the internet that have run out on their free 2 months of virus scanner updates, and are now owned by someones bot network, while the clueless user keeps plugging along wondering why the darn machine is so slow. I guess the positive is that it is easy for Grandma and Grandpa on the other side of the country to get pics of the grandkids. I just wish that PC manufacturers would just contract with one of the free virus scanner companies like Grisoft, instead of putting in Norton with a 60 day cripple point. Most users will just ignore the update message until it stops because they don't know it is really necessary software. A free virus scanner with updates will beat a heave commercial soft with no updates anytime. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080706/55050a76/attachment-0005.sig>