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ByteHaven
Explorer III
Feb 13, 2025 3:21 PM UTC
Question

Email size

Hello everyone,

 

I would like to understand how FortiMail calculates email sizes, particularly when encryption is involved or more. The issue I’m facing is that the size varies inconsistently. I understand that factors like attachments influence the final size, but at times and very often, this instability causes emails to exceed the configured size limit, impacting their transmission. I want to avoid having to adjust the email size limit manually each time. Are there any solutions I might have overlooked? ?

 

Best regards

4 replies

AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
Feb 13, 2025 3:29 PM UTC

Hi CL1

To which value did you configure the size limit on you FortiMail.

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AEK
ByteHaven
ByteHavenAuthor
Explorer III
Feb 13, 2025 3:33 PM UTC

Hello AEK,

 

Now it is set to 40 MB

 

Best regards,

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AEK
SuperUser
SuperUser
Feb 13, 2025 3:45 PM UTC

Hi

I don't have a solution to your exact requirement but from my point of view I think that large files should not be sent by e-mail, but via other suitable solutions, like your corporate file hosting server, or similar cloud services like google drive, dropbox and so.

BTW I think 40 MB it is more that enough.

 
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AEK
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