Similarly, legal experts told the Times Union, financial disclosures submitted via
email are
often subject to wire fraud charges, as such communications are
often routed through interstate
servers.
I like to think I can spot phishing
emails, but worry more about ``... clicking on links or attachments in phishing messages [which]
often causes malware to be downloaded to your computer...» In a given week, my assistants and I receive hundreds of
emails from clients, lawyers, clerks, legal assistants, mailing lists, realtors, lenders, process
servers, courier companies, CLE providers, etc., etc. — and we're obligated to review them, open the attachments and deal with the contents.
It's not even as simple as looking at the maximum attachment size of the service you use and the service you're
emailing —
emails often travel over several mail transfer agents when they're sent, so you may have your attachment rejected by a
server along the way if you attach too much data.