Re: large attachments

  • From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:04:08 -0500

Not irrelevant at all, thanks.  The file is a 547 page manuscript, I don't
know the bites.  The recipient is a business, not an at home PC.  I can't
figure out the problem, much less the solution.  Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Lowe" <akronjack1982@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: large attachments


> Judith, it depends on what you mean by large.  I can't imagine a .doc file
> being that large that it wouldn't send.  I have sent files that were
several
> megs and they go through.  But, it can depend on how large the recipients
> mailbox is at the server.  For example, with earthlink, I have a 10MB
> mailbox.  But Juno has a 3MB mailbox.  Well, they did the last time I
> checked.  Some of the free services like hotmail only give you 1MB of
space,
> but I have heard that they've increased that.
> I know that if I have to send a really large attachment to a friend,  I
'all
> have them leave their outlook express open.  Then I set outlook to break
> apart messages that are too large.  So, the message is broken down into
> several sections and sent out one by one.  All of those sections go into
> their computer's inbox.  Then when the last segment of the message arrives
> in their inbox, all of the parts are put back into one message.  You can
> also set the size in which you want it broken down into.
> I know that this is off your original question, but it seemed relevant to
> the post.   Jack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 2:54 PM
> Subject: large attachments
>
>
> >I have been trying to send a large attachment over the past three days
and
> >when the recepient opens it they get an error message.  The people I am
> >sending it to are sighted and using conventional mouse commands.  The
file
> >name I am using is:
> > c:\my documents\(name of document).doc
> > I have sent large attachments before and am quite befuddled over the
whole
> > thing.  Judith
> >
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