echelonphoto Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 I tried to email one today as an attachment and it completely locked up my Outlook and my PC. I finally had to close the email..how can I do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 I tried to email one today as an attachment and it completely locked up my Outlook and my PC. I finally had to close the email..how can I do this?First, you need to be sensitive to both your own email provider and that of the person you are sending the file to. Many email providers and especially "web mail" addressed such as yahoo and hotmail have limits of about 1 megabyte for files sizes. So if you are sending an executable file to a friend or relative who has a typical web mail address then you need to keep the image sizes and total file size under 1 megabyte. On the other hand if you are sending your slideshow via a broadband connect to someone else who has broadband, then you need to find out what both your limits and the recepient's limits are. In many cases it may be 10 megabytes.Finally, you need to zip the file and send it as a zip rather than an executable because "many" providers will simply strip off any executable attachmets and the recepient will never get it.The fact that you locked up Outlook may mean that you tried to send a file larger than your provider allows.Best regards,Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echelonphoto Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Thanks...I don't really know how to 'zip" the file....in fact I had trouble trying to "unzip" a demo file from a post in this very forum. My file was 106mb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin Evans Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Thanks...I don't really know how to 'zip" the file....in fact I had trouble trying to "unzip" a demo file from a post in this very forum. My file was 106mb.Most current Windows computers have zip capabilities. Usually you can right click on a file and one of the options will be to create a zip file. If you find your computer doesn't have the capability to zip then you can purchase PKZip off the web - it's not expensive.To unzip a file, assuming you have that capability and I'm quite certain you do, just use the "run" command. Click "start" "run" then change the default from "executable" files to "any file" by clicking on the down arrow. Browse until you find the zipped file and click on it and you will be offered choices to "run" or "extract". If you want to, you can run a file without "extracting" the executable from the zipped format, but if you wish, you can "extract" to a folder of your choice and then you will have the executable in its native format.106 megabytes is "WAY" too big to email. Even commercial email systems such as used by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and so on internally will sometimes "choke" on a file that large. Definitely put it on a CD and "mail" it through the post office - don't even think of sending anything much larger than 10 megabytes via email.Best regards,Lin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedom Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 An other alternative would be to upload the file thru a ftp client on your personnal space (most providers allow 100MB or more for their users) and send the link to this file in an email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddi Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 An other alternative would be to upload the file thru a ftp client on your personnal space (most providers allow 100MB or more for their users) and send the link to this file in an email.Other ways to send large files is to get on Yahoo IM or Skype (both parties together) and send the file "live". It does not go through email. It is sent PC to PC. Yes, having a broadband connection helps. Usually, it works pretty well. Another way, is to use Dropload:http://www.dropload.com/I have not used it personally, but my nephew has sent very large video files with it (up to 100mb). Gary... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmccammon Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 www.yousendit.com allows you to post up to a 1 gb file and notify the receipient that it is available for download... free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echelonphoto Posted June 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Thanks for all the help, guys. I got the file zipped, but its still crashes the email. I also tried attaching it to this post...but that did not work either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alrobin Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Thanks for all the help, guys. I got the file zipped, but its still crashes the email. I also tried attaching it to this post...but that did not work either.Even a zipped file containing a large show will be too large to email or, for sure, post here on the Forum! As others have suggested, try "dropload" or "yousendit", or upload it to a website where your friends/relatives can download it themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Back in 2002 i put some figures in forum re email overheadhere are some additional figuresThe encoding to include binary information in an e-mail increses the sizeby approximately 33%. Every three bytes are encoded as four bytes. Sothirteen megabytes (13,6631,488 bytes) would become abbout 17.3 megabytes(18,129,897 bytes), at least...I have some additional values somewhere -- have not found them as yet - the discussion was with Dana White in Nov 2002.ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Cox Posted June 9, 2006 Report Share Posted June 9, 2006 Basically this is the original that my friend received in May 2002 from the ispI posted at the time because the same thing had happened when a member tried to email a showquite a few did not know about the encryption etc that goes into an email messagenow things may have chamged for some since 2002 -- mine has not changed muchkenquote Hello, My name is Tim. Mail servers are specifically designed to transmit text messages; similarto electronic 'postcards', or letters. Sending large email attachmentscongests data traffic, and delays delivery to ALL accounts on the server. Email is encrypted 'before' passing through the outgoing mail server, and decrypted 'after' passing through the receiving mail server. This encryption process can increase file size by 30% or more, depending on the file format. The 'shaw.ca' mail server can process files up to five (5) megabytes(Total) in size. However, this includes the size of the outgoing file after encryption. Though larger files occasionally get through, the recommended setting guarantees safe passage through our mail server. Remember that receiving mail servers, especially dial-up connection mail servers, may have further size restrictions to as low as 1 or 2 megabytes; in which case the message and attachment will be rejected and returned to you. Alternatively, most email programs will allow you to 'break' the message into smaller pieces to send it. Please see the programs help files for assistance with this. FTP (File Transfer Protocol) For years the Internet has used FTP 'File Transfer Protocol', to transport large files across. FTP transfers files of any size, from one Internet connected computer to another, and is the standard used to move 'Internet Freight' (Large Files). Just do a search on 'FTP', as there are 'free'and 'shareware' FTP programs, as well as 'packaged' software that can be purchased. Our first priority is to ensure that shaw.ca mail servers are available continuously, and we encourage you to consider file transfer options that directly meet the need. Please feel free to contact us, the local phone number for technicalsupport can be found at http://support.shaw.ca/contacts.htm or visit our Customer Support Site at http://support.shaw.ca. Thank you for choosing Shaw. Tim E-Mail Support Team Shaw High-Speed Internet Service internet.help@sjrb.ca When sending a reply to us, please remember to include all previous correspondence. The size limit per email is 5 MB uncompressed. Because most files have some sort of compression, the actual file size is generally 3-4 MB allowable. We also have a storage limit of 10 MB of total space on our servers. If someone sends you a 2 MB email, but you only have 1.5 MB available, the message will be returned as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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