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Title: Attachments
Post by: Pastis on November 04, 2008, 07:10:16 PM
I had an email in from a client today. Nice to get some work in for a change  eeek:
He regularly sends me CDs that I can't open because he's written them incorrectly  ::)

But hey, he now attaches the file to the email so that's a plus one might think...

File size? ... Forty Megabytes  eeek:  ::)  I actually managed to get a nap while waiting for it to download  eeek:
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Snoopy on November 04, 2008, 07:48:55 PM
Think yourself lucky ~ BM would have had time to drive a circuit of Cyprus waiting for a file that size to download.
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Nick on November 04, 2008, 09:08:32 PM
I had an email in from a client today. Nice to get some work in for a change  eeek:
He regularly sends me CDs that I can't open because he's written them incorrectly  ::)

But hey, he now attaches the file to the email so that's a plus one might think...

File size? ... Forty Megabytes  eeek:  ::)  I actually managed to get a nap while waiting for it to download  eeek:

Porn?
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Barman on November 05, 2008, 05:15:17 AM
Think yourself lucky ~ BM would have had time to drive a circuit of Cyprus waiting for a file that size to download.
Indeed...  noooo:
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Darwins Selection on November 05, 2008, 09:13:15 AM
Think yourself lucky ~ BM would have had time to drive a circuit of Cyprus waiting for a file that size to download.

It would be like watching paint dry.

 happy001 happy001 happy001
 redface:
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: tel on November 05, 2008, 09:21:47 AM
Where I used to work, a secretary once decided to send out a 60Mb Powerpoint doc to numerous users around the globe - our Exchange server ground to a halt for several hours, we couldn't even get into it to shut things down.
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Nick on November 05, 2008, 09:57:43 AM
Yup. Mrs Nick crashed the University server a while back by sending photos
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Bar Wench on November 05, 2008, 10:39:08 AM
Why can't people learn to put things on a website and allow folks to download?
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Snoopy on November 05, 2008, 10:42:56 AM
Speaking for myself and not "people" it's because I can't be arsed.
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Grumpmeister on November 05, 2008, 10:48:03 AM
It could be time to suggest a program like 7z or Winrar to compress the files before emailling.
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Snoopy on November 05, 2008, 10:49:52 AM
It could be time to suggest a program like 7z or Winrar to compress the files before emailling.

I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave earlier.  whistle:
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Bar Wench on November 05, 2008, 10:53:54 AM
It could be time to suggest a program like 7z or Winrar to compress the files before emailling.

Don't most pcs come installed with winzip these days?
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Snoopy on November 05, 2008, 10:55:22 AM
It could be time to suggest a program like 7z or Winrar to compress the files before emailling.

Don't most pcs come installed with winzip these days?

 shrugs:
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Pastis on November 05, 2008, 12:03:19 PM
Indeed, if he tries it again I'm going to suggest he uses compression s/ware... which I will then have to talk him through in ickle steps  ::)
Title: Re: Attachments
Post by: Grumpmeister on November 05, 2008, 12:20:38 PM
That was why I suggested Winrar, right click on the file to send and select the zip and mail option. So simple not even Nick could cock it up.

For larger files though I'd recommend 7z as the compression rate is far superior.