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I can't send emails with an attachment of a large file :(
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How big was the file, and what was the error message. Some ISP's put a limit on the size they will allow, presumably because it can take up a lot of processing and hard disk space on their servers if lots of users send big files. Some mailserver software itself limits the size of attachments.
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If you are using Outlook Express you can break up large messages into smaller ones. When the group of messages is received, the mail program recombines them into one message. Usually this limit is one megabyte (1 MB) per message, including all attached files.
To send large messages
On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
On either the Mail or News tab, click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, select the Break apart messages larger than x KB check box and then enter the maximum file size the server will allow.
That's pretty much it.
To send large messages
On the Tools menu, click Accounts.
On either the Mail or News tab, click Properties.
On the Advanced tab, select the Break apart messages larger than x KB check box and then enter the maximum file size the server will allow.
That's pretty much it.
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How about breaking up the zip file in to a couple files and sending them indepedantly from one another? That should get around that barrier.... Mike Wills
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Are you zipping multiple files together? If so, just split the files across the two or more zip files.
You could also do disk spanning. You may have to put it on a couple floppies first, then transfer to your harddrive agian. But it does work.... Mike Wills
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On the subject of breaking up files, an app called WinRar works like Winzip, but can break up the archive into smaller files
You can split the file into smaller pieces with File Shredder. (free) You'll then need to tell the recipient how to put it back together.
Or upload it to a web storage site like or some other one and then give the password and username to the other person and they can go download it at their convenience.
Or upload it to a web storage site like or some other one and then give the password and username to the other person and they can go download it at their convenience.
Sometimes when I'm in a bind and have to send a larger file that I don't think will transmit, I cram the stuff into one .zip file. I upload the stuff to my Yahoo briefcase account which gives me the option to email the file to someone as a link. Link's are very, very small. They click on the link and the file begins to download. Yahoo brifcase gives you like 20 megs of space and puts a limit of 5 megs per singular file uploaded, which is more than some allowable email attachment sizes. There are a bunch of free webdrive services out there, I'm sure one of them would work for you.
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