Sending Emails
For emails you are sending, the limits are:
- WebMail – 50 emails per day
- Desktop client or device – 500 emails per hour, with 100 recipients per email
- Website script that sends email – 1,000 emails every 12 hours
- Mailing list – As many emails as you like, with 2,500 subscribers per list
We have a Zero Tolerance policy on users sending unsolicited email. If our systems are deliberately used to send unsolicited email, we will suspend the user’s account.
Email Attachments
The limits on attachment sizes are:
- Using WebMail – 2MB in total
- Using a mail client or a device – 30MB in total
When you attach a file to an email, it increases in size, and even though the file may be smaller than the limit when you check its properties as a separate file, it may be over the limit when attached to an email. We also have no control over the limits set by other companies, who may have set their limits much lower – some even down to 2MB.
If you attempt to send an email attachment over your limit or your recipient’s limit, the email will be bounced back to you.
If someone sends you an email with attachments larger than 30MB, that email will be bounced back. The sender will receive a message informing them that the message size exceeds the size limit for your server. You must then contact the sender to work out a better way of sending attachments.
One way of sending large files to your recipient is if you both use Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Outlook Express. Certain versions of this software includes a ‘Break apart messages’ feature, where you can break an attachment up into sequential emails and they are recombined on the recipient’s computer.
The mail solution that we offer is a basic mail service, as your business expands we recommend using a specialist 3rd party email provider such as office 365.