Regardless of your personal taste on the matter (with which I am admittedly sympathetic), the fact that the software _fails_ to support it---and in particular,

Regardless of your personal taste on the matter (with which I am admittedly sympathetic), the fact that the software _fails_ to support it---and in particular, fails to the exclusion of other mail!---is inexcusable. "Can't send messages large enough to annoy you" is obviously not an intended feature; it's just extremely poor software. Whether any of us like it or not, in most office environments large email attachments have become part of the landscape, and Apple seemingly doesn't care. I can't bring myself to believe that this could have slipped past QA, which leads me to believe that someone made a conscious decision to ship software with a feature most would take for granted in an unusable state. My goodness, it almost seems like I'm turning into an Apple detractor. I assure you, I do not intend it! Poor software design is equally repugnant whether it comes from Redmond, 1 Infinite Loop, or RMS. That the poor design in question happens to satisfy your or my proclivities with respect to attachment sizing isn't really relevant.