how can i increase the message size

J

Jose

I need to send a large file but I get a message indicating the file is too
big. I know there is a way to increase the message size -

Does anybody know the steps required? I use Office 2002.

Thanks

Jose
 
D

Diane Poremsky {MVP}

message size is controlled by the smtp server - you'll need to ask your
admin or ISP. If you are adding attachments, zip them. if multiple
attachments, send 1 attachment per message.



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V

VanguardLH

Jose said:
I need to send a large file but I get a message indicating the file is too
big. I know there is a way to increase the message size -

Does anybody know the steps required? I use Office 2002.
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Email clients have no control over the disk quotas enforced at the mail
server. You will need to pay to get more disk quota (for you account
and/or per-message size) or find another email provider that gives you a
larger quota.

Email was not designed to be a file transfer protocol (FTP). It is
meant for high-volume of small-sized files. Put the large file
somewhere in online storage and put a link to it in your email.

See:
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...cfe3f89fd65/ac21daafdc7e0343#ac21daafdc7e0343
 
M

Mel

OE6 allows you to automatically split into smaller messages. Do'nt know if
Outlook does or not.
SG
 
V

VanguardLH

Mel said:
SG
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OE6 allows you to automatically split into smaller messages. Do'nt know if
Outlook does or not.
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While splitting up a post across multiple posts is a norm in binary
newsgroups, splitting up an e-mail can trigger some anti-spam filters to
block those e-mails. Slicing up messages is an old trick to hide
virally infected e-mails. Multipart e-mails can get blocked because not
all of the message is available for malware analysis.
 
V

VanguardLH

Mel said:
OE6 allows you to automatically split into smaller messages. Do'nt know if
Outlook does or not.
Click to expand...

However, some anti-spam filters will blocked multi-part e-mails (sent as
separate messages, not MIME multipart within the same message). That is
because an old trick is to slice up an infected e-mail across multiple
separate messages hoping there isn't enough content for the anti-virus
program to detect a pest. E-mail should never be sent as multipart
separate messages. There is no guaranteed delivery for e-mail so one of
the parts may not show up in the recipient's mailbox. E-mail does
provide some recovery and the parts might be delivered minutes, hours,
or many hours later and the recipient won't have all of them when they
expect to patch them back together.
 
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