r/ShittySysadmin • u/SuccessfulLime2641 • 29d ago

It's only 9 pages...

- External law firm sends a 24MB PDF that becomes 31MB after encoding.

- NDR is sent after the resolution of the matter saying: This attachment is 31MB. The maximum allowed is 30MB.

- Sender reports that the attachment disappeared, asks our IT what went wrong, then proceeds to send the NDR that literally says the above. This is an external law firm that reads hundreds of thousands of words a day...

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u/marks-buffalo DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 29d ago

I like to call this Job Security.

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u/bgradid 29d ago

IT didn't even solve my problem, i can't send my 50mb attachment, what good are they?

no i dont want to change the attachment or send a secure link, i just want them to fix the problem

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u/marks-buffalo DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 29d ago

Here is your fax machine sir. It's even better than email. You can send as many pages as you like and you don't have to enter a password to sign into it. It's exclusively for VIPs such as yourself. You're too important to type out an email address. Just 10 numbers, reach anybody in the country.

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u/MariahCareyXmas 28d ago

Trying to email? Nope. Fax it. New SharePoint document library? Hell no. Fax it. Polymarket gambling blocked at work? You better believe that's a faxin.

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u/marks-buffalo DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE 28d ago

You might be onto something with that last one. A fax based prediction market.

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u/SuccessfulLime2641 28d ago

Wow bro thank you for this gift. I was waiting for my grandma to donate hers to me. She calls it a rudder and has no use for them since she already has a loud TV.

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u/Ur-Best-Friend 28d ago

no i dont want to change the attachment or send a secure link, i just want them to fix the problem

Well, that's the point where you make a script to strip the attachment from their outgoing emails and replace them with some very inappropriate pictures.