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| 438766 | 2006-03-16 23:00:00 | Attention: bounced message notification of maximum message size! Over the last 3 days I have received the above notification from Xtra, alltogether some 40-50 Attention notices. They can't tell me who it's from, but they have sent the email back to the sender, stating it was toooooo large. They said they were looking at notification details for the recipient in the near future!!!!!!!!. Like Broadband no doubt. Not getting any other emails because of this either. Yes I know you have all said, change my ISP and I am starting to think along the same lines. Any ideas appreciated. Lurking |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 438767 | 2006-03-16 23:11:00 | It always annoys me that they do not tell the recipient who the oversize email was from, just a generic message that someone tried to send a message that was too large. As an interesting aside, I have a copy of all incoming emails forwarded (by a rule in the Xtra settings on the webmail page) to a Gmail account. Even though the email that was "too large" gets rejected by Xtra, it often still gets sent on by them to Gmail quite happily. This has been very useful what the atachment is urgently needed. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 438768 | 2006-03-16 23:16:00 | If it's too large it's over 10M. 40 or 50 attempts to deliver this seems moronic. Could the ISP arrange for it to be accepted and deleted? | PaulD (232) | ||
| 438769 | 2006-03-16 23:35:00 | The repeated attempts would have to be made by the sender though, not by Xtra. In my view the recipient has every right to know the email address of anyone trying to send such email, I cannot understand why its not included as part of the notification? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 438770 | 2006-03-17 00:14:00 | Be warned Lurking: this is a frequent trick used by Internet nasties trying to encourage you to open an attachment. Have you looked at the mime-headers to see if it'll provide a clue? |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 438771 | 2006-03-17 00:31:00 | Xtra have slacked me off a few times when I have been trying to send program updates. If they have a web site I often send it via that, although I do need their login and password to do it. The thing that also slacks me off is why they don't strip the attachment off when they bounce it. They should advise of the sender. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 438772 | 2006-03-17 16:07:00 | Thanks Guys, well another 23 this morning, one small change, they have flagged 1. Nothing else, just Xtra emails. Do I upgrade the Xtra account, to get more storage, then change my ISP. Perhaps they need FairGo or Consumers Institue on their back. Thanks, Lurking. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 438773 | 2006-03-17 20:15:00 | Using email for very large files is a very inefficient way of doing things. The email file could easily be a third larger than the original format. The standard Xtra mailbox is 12MB which is plenty for text. If you have to have large files sent to you try one of the free file transfer sites where you can have a file uploaded to be downloaded for a limited time period. Then all you need is the details of the URL for that file sent to you. If you don't clear your Xtra mailbox often enough, do as Godfather suggests and set your account to send copies to a Gmail account and clear the Xtra server. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 438774 | 2006-03-17 21:10:00 | If you have to have large files sent to you try one of the free file transfer sites where you can have a file uploaded to be downloaded for a limited time period. Eg http://www.yousendit.com/ | Greg (193) | ||
| 438775 | 2006-03-17 21:12:00 | Have you tried calling Xtra and told them whats happening? Maybe ask who its from and how this issued can be remedied to prevent it happening later | Myth (110) | ||
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