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Networks are engineered for resources (files) to be in one place (a file or web server) and E-mail is intended to contain a pointer to the resource (Uniform Resource Locator or URL). Servers can be optimized. Multiple copies of documents or files won't exist "out there" (in case of revisions). Network resources can be better utilized. The whole process is much more efficient if we do not attach files to E-mail.

It is not true that "everyone" wants to attach files to E-mail. Only those unwilling to learn a better way want to. It is not true that it is a business "standard" to attach files to E-mail. Most major corporations have policies against this. It is not true that this is the easiest way to share files. It's cumbersome and slow.

In addition, E-mail attachments are frequently abused to carry malicious content such as viruses and trojans.

We allow attachments less than 8 Megs, provided they are .doc, .rtf, non-passworded .zip, .xls, or .txt files. All attachments are scanned for viruses.

We encourage our customers to use FTP or WebDAV to place files on the web server that they point to via URL in E-mail. We can also help set up HTTP-based file servers. You'll be surprised how much better it is to do file transfers the right way.