Please — Never Do This!E-Mail)
This message, with the uninformative subject line “November Hours,” an empty body, and a 45K MS-Windows attachment (see tips #1, #2 and #3 of “Writing Effective E-Mail: Top 10 Tips“) went out to about 450 people
By my count, this single message consumed 20MB of storage space on computers across Seton Hill University. A better alternative would have been a plain text list, or posting the file online and inviting people to download it if they want it.
On the other hand, it also motivated me to learn how to use the “pixellation” feature on my image editor.
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I just received a 15MB email that went out to 196 people! The email contained 2 very large PDF attachments. It put my inbox over limit and I am sure that it did the same to most of the other recipients too. AARGH!