Hal said:
It seems the recent update to Office 2008 fixed issues with regard to file
attachments. However, I'm still puzzled by the insertion process. Before the
12.1.0 update, Diane mentioned that there was a 400K limit on the size of
photo that could be inserted. Now that limit seems to be higher, but I can't
figure it out. Sometimes it will let me insert at 3MB or larger photo and
other times a smaller photo can't be inserted. All of the photos were shot
with the same camera in JPEG format.
Is there an explanation for this erratic behavior?
This was not covered in any of the info released. Your best bet when
attaching several items is to put them in a folder an stuff/zip them.
Be aware that most ISPs will limit the size of a message.
The limits vary. 2MB and 5MB are common, the biggest I'm familiar with
is 10MB. I suggest sharing large photos using sources like ImageShack or get
a .mac account.
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http://imageshack.us/>
This is Comcast's statement on size of attachments.
<quote>
Prior to sending an email message with a large attachment, please be sure
that the recipient can accept the message. If your message is larger than
the recipient's email box size limit, the message will be rejected. With
your Comcast e-mail accounts, the maximum size of the email is 10MB, which
includes message header information, therefore, you should limit the size of
your actual attachments to 7MB.
If you need to send files that are larger than 10MB, there may be solution
available to you: File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP was designed to transfer
files of all sizes over the Internet. You may also use your Personal Web
Pages to transfer files.</quote>
Recommended limits for most mail programs
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http://support.tigertech.net/email-size>
<quote>
If you use a program on your computer, such as Outlook or Eudora, to send
e-mail, you should probably make sure your e-mail messages are less than 7
MB. That's because any message you send goes through both our mail servers
and the recipient's mail servers, and it's common for other mail servers to
reject any message larger than 7 MB.
For example, if you send a 15 MB message to an address ending with
comcast.net or earthlink.net, our e-mail servers will accept the message
from your mail program, then try to deliver the message to Comcast or
EarthLink. However, the mail servers at Comcast or EarthLink will reject it
because it's over 7 MB, and it will be returned to you as "undeliverable".
Note that 7 MB is just a recommendation. Some people you write to may be
using mail servers with even smaller limits. For example, juno.com rejects
mail over 2 MB in size, and netzero.net rejects messages over 5 MB.</quote>
Webmail has smaller limits
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http://support.tigertech.net/email-size>
<quote>
If you use our Webmail pages to send e-mail, you should keep the message
size below 2 MB.
This is because most Web browsers aren't designed for uploading very large
attachments, and will often "time out" if you try doing so. (This problem is
a limitation of all Webmail systems, not just ours.)
If you need to send attachments larger than 2 MB, you should use a mail
program on your own computer, such as Outlook or Eudora.</quote>
