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18 Mar 2005, 08:16 PM | #1 |
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Major increase in file and attachment sizes
Effective immediately, all users can send and receive larger attachments.
Raising the bar from our previous 7Mb largest attachment size, the sizes are now:
These apply to the sum of the sizes of all attachments on any email, and also to the maximum size of any upload or download from filestorage. This information is also available in the pricing table. See also the blog posting. Please post any comments or bug reports in this thread. Thanks, Bron. edit: yes, thanks elvey, MiB indeed. Last edited by brong : 21 Mar 2005 at 09:27 AM. |
18 Mar 2005, 10:09 PM | #2 | |
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Thanks for the free upgrade!
It's not working for me though. I tried to upload a 40 mb zip and then a 12 mb zip. Didn't work in both cases. I got the following error message: Quote:
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18 Mar 2005, 10:30 PM | #3 |
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Does this mean that FM may lower the prices of file storage, too?
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18 Mar 2005, 11:02 PM | #4 |
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Upload of big files failing...
Sorry about that!
We thought we'd specced it all out so carefully, and forgot to restart the frontend proxies with the new config, so they still had the old size limits on them. We've restarted them now. I did test by emailing myself a copy of the current linux kernel (about 36Mb), but didn't re-test filestorage on production straight away because my Australian DSL connection takes forever to do file uploads... I've just uploaded a 12Mb file to my filestorage and it worked, so it should be good now. Apologies again, Bron. |
19 Mar 2005, 12:06 AM | #5 |
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Thanks a lot, brong. Works perfectly now.
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19 Mar 2005, 12:09 AM | #6 |
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Thanks for the great news!
FastMail just keeps getting better and better. Thumbs up to the FM team for the excellent standards they have established and maintained. Anon48 |
19 Mar 2005, 02:26 AM | #7 |
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Thank you! Even though I am not one for large attachments, this represents FM's level of dedication to its users. Also should be especially helpful in file uploads. I knew FM was listening.
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19 Mar 2005, 04:02 AM | #8 | |
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Re: Major increase in file and attachment sizes
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File storage quota: 1mb Max file size: 1mb Monthly file transfer quota: 10mb Hourly file transfer quota: 5mb |
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19 Mar 2005, 04:25 AM | #9 | |
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Re: Re: Major increase in file and attachment sizes
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19 Mar 2005, 04:29 AM | #10 |
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Thanks. I see the logic in it now.
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19 Mar 2005, 05:36 AM | #11 | |
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Too bad that only by airing our grievances in public, ad infinitum, can we ensure FM's level of dedication to its users I'm always happy to oblige on that front That said a big thumbs up to brong! As a long time Enhanced user upload limits were the only significant factor which prevented me from fully enjoying FM. Many thanks! |
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19 Mar 2005, 06:02 AM | #12 |
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Very nice increase, I was expecting 30 meg for enhanced (which would have been fine), instead enhanced levels get 50mb!
Small attachment sizes (relative to some other pay services) was one of the few things I thought fastmail could really improve on. The last thing on my personal list, is a "universal search" option. |
19 Mar 2005, 08:48 AM | #13 |
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Thanks Mr. brong and FM! So you must've increased the intrinsic 30MB internal size limit that you guys had told me before?
And just to confirm, would the 50MB Enhanced limit also apply to everything else (besides inbound/outbound SMTP transfers) such as: - POPLink fetches - IMAP client moving messages Thanks again. Oh and for FTP (soon) too! BTW would FTP also be subject to the 50MB limit? |
19 Mar 2005, 08:53 AM | #14 |
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I tried sending 30MB of attachement to my alias, but after sometime doesn't seem to get through.
edit: Oops, sorry. forgot that I have a rule to mmove big mails into one folder. False alarm. Sorry about that! |
19 Mar 2005, 11:10 AM | #15 |
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Ooops
Try sending *someone else* a 50-meg attachment. When it bounces back and eats your bandwidth, you'll be crying. At the very least, the other party won't even be able to accept such a large size.
Anyway... FTP/WebDAV is for such large stuff, not email. Last edited by shampoo : 19 Mar 2005 at 11:37 AM. |