That is way too big to send via email, Alison. Many (most?) email systems
have a limit of about 2MB for email.* The actual limits may be a little
larger than 2MB nowadays even with free email programs such as Hotmail, but
most still have a limit of some sort. 10MB limit for individual emails is a
pretty common setpoint, too.
Also, when you attach a file to an email, be aware that there's some
additional file size that's added to the email -- I think it's usually
around 1/3 of the attachment size. So, for example, if I attach a 2MB file
to an email, the email message will probably be closer to something like 2.7
MB. And that may well put you over a 2MB email limit on some systems.
You might want to consider sending a CD instead. Or maybe you can consider
using WinZip (or even the zipping features in Windows XP) to zip up the
video and the presentation and upload them to a file sharing site for the
person to download. If you do that second option, you'd only have to email
them a link to the file share.
*I did hear yesterday of a client who was trying to email us an 85MB file!
When we told her that that's waaaaay too big to email, she apparently said
that she and her colleagues email those files around to each other all the
time. (Yikes!) But see, Alison, that's an internal email thing as opposed to
an external email thing (which is what you're trying to do). Usually you
cannot send email that large. Nor do you want to.
