Large attachments.
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From: The Smaller Antipode
Large attachments.
Just tried to scan and e-mail the copy of a 4 four page colour / text document that claimed to be a file size 68 Kb. Outlook, and my ISP Webmail server refused to send due to "took too long" - or words to that effect. Gmail said the attachment is greater than 25 Kb, use Google Drive.
So how does one e-mail large, scanned document attachments, not had a problem with photographs, for instance, in the past.
So how does one e-mail large, scanned document attachments, not had a problem with photographs, for instance, in the past.
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From: Missoula, MT
I'm going to assume you meant 25*M*B as in Megabyte not KiloByte... Search on "sending large attachments" over email and there are a couple of free services that you can upload a file to and from which they will forward your email with the attachment to the recipient.
I've used a couple with success, although you might have to register with them, there seems to be no penalty for doing so.
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I've used a couple with success, although you might have to register with them, there seems to be no penalty for doing so.
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If all else fails you could try scanning each page individually and then sending four separate emails/attachments. Not a very elegant solution, but it's worked for me in the past.
On another occasion I reduced the scan resolution to give a file size just below the attachment limit, but of course picture quality suffered. Probably not an acceptable option as your file size is so much greater than the limit.
On another occasion I reduced the scan resolution to give a file size just below the attachment limit, but of course picture quality suffered. Probably not an acceptable option as your file size is so much greater than the limit.
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Regarding file transfer / sharing sites - read the small print of the free versions carefully, as you may be surprised at who ends up owning the material you upload!
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[QUOTE=ExSp33db1rd;10234003]Just tried to scan and e-mail the copy of a 4 four page colour / text document that claimed to be a file size 68 Kb. Outlook, and my ISP Webmail server refused to send due to "took too long" - or words to that effect. Gmail said the attachment is greater than 25 Kb, use Google Drive.
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I have had trouble getting manually created google drive links to work but I recently sent something big by "attatching" it as usual and gmail automatically uploaded it to the google drive and put a working link in the email. I can't now recall if I used the gmail web page or the gmail android app for this. gmail send (and I assume receive) limit is 25MB. Some mail receivers may be lower. 20MB used to be quite common.
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I have had trouble getting manually created google drive links to work but I recently sent something big by "attatching" it as usual and gmail automatically uploaded it to the google drive and put a working link in the email. I can't now recall if I used the gmail web page or the gmail android app for this. gmail send (and I assume receive) limit is 25MB. Some mail receivers may be lower. 20MB used to be quite common.
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Try WeTransfer. (https://wetransfer.com/).
