Need to send 19MB attachment by email....

[daneoni]

...is it possible. I can't seem to get a decent ZiP as they size always remains the same. Is there a way to get my 19MB worth of attachments compressed to something that will easily pass through a mail server?

 

[Osarkon]

What provider are you using? Last I checked Gmail would let you send 19mb files without a hitch, and from what I hear it's now open to the public.

 

[PlaceofDis]

i thought Gmail was limited up to 10mb?

 

[iBookG4user]

You might want to try sendspace, as you can upload the file to sendspace and send the link in the email and have them download it.

 

[72930]

Get Quickshareit, and you can send a download link easy peasy...

 

[Osarkon]

i thought Gmail was limited up to 10mb?

Is it now? It definitely didn't used to be, it used to be as unlimited as the inbox, I've sent and received files over 100mb via it.

But that was back when it was closed to the public and invite only, perhaps they've gone and capped it now.

 

[PlaceofDis]

Is it now? It definitely didn't used to be, it used to be as unlimited as the inbox, I've sent and received files over 100mb via it.

But that was back when it was closed to the public and invite only, perhaps they've gone and capped it now.

receiving files is unlimited, but sending i think has always been 10megs i've had it for a while now, got it few months after the closed beta started via an invite...

 

[Osarkon]

Strange. I had it about a week after it was a closed beta, perhaps earlier. Maybe it was changed between those times, I only sent the large attachments once (think it was some open source programming software that was faster to download as attachment due to me still being on dial up at the time) . Ah well, guess that's that.

 

[pianodude123]

You can use rapidshare for free- Up to 100 MB - no sign up required.

 

[daneoni]

So general consensus is to upload it to one these sites and have recipients download it?

 

[diamond3]

yep, theres also yousendit. I don't know of any better alternative. Obviously you can't do anything about your email account to send a bigger file unless you pay for it. The only options would be some sort of MSN Messenger or chat application but that might take a little longer. If there is no way of dividing it up, then I think you will have to go the route everyone is talking about.

 

[grapes911]

Is it now? It definitely didn't used to be, it used to be as unlimited as the inbox, I've sent and received files over 100mb via it.

But that was back when it was closed to the public and invite only, perhaps they've gone and capped it now.

I've has Gmail since 2004 and there's always been a 10MB attachment limit.

 

[CanadaRAM]

It's not only whether your service will support it, you have to think of the impact on the other end. Sending a 19Mb attachment may overflow the inbox limit of the recipient and &#&# them up good for receiving any other mail.

Especially if they have internal routing on mail that copies it forward to multiple addresses...

They will not thank you for this...

 

[MisterMe]

... Sending a 19Mb attachment may overflow the inbox limit of the recipient and &#&# them up good for receiving any other mail.

...

Amen! This sort of thing is a continuous source of annoyance for me at work where my email account is capacity-limited to 29 MB. Received messages with attachments much smaller than 19 MB block out everything that follows.

 

[daneoni]

ok, good points. Thanks for the replies

 

[Osarkon]

I've has Gmail since 2004 and there's always been a 10MB attachment limit.

Then...how on earth did I manage that.. Gonna be puzzling about that all night now!

 

[Applespider]

ok, good points. Thanks for the replies

Can't you send it by IM? I've sent 300MB files to Mum via iChat before - sure, it takes about 40 minutes or so but it works.

 

[polishmacuser]

or you can use pando
pando.comits free and up to 1Gb