Mail file size

[spacepower7]

Ok I have a file (a legal MP3 of our own Band) on my mac that i emailed to a friend. It says 7 MB in the Finder but when i email it, Mail says that it is 9.6 MB.

Can Anyone explain this?



peace

[robbieduncan]

The Mail protocol is very old indeed. To send messages they have to be encoded (uuencoding normally). This may well increase the file size.