How do you send large file through email?

Asked By Michael Hill 0 points N/A Posted on - 04/06/2012

Is it possible to send large files via email? The size of the file that I am going to send is 700mb.

How can I send large file through email?

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Answered By Sollis Parallag 45 points N/A #101885

How do you send large file through email?

Hello Michael.

Sending e-mail attachments of that size is a very bad idea.  Most e-mail servers set a limit to how large any user's Inbox is as well as how large an attachment it will send or receive.  Even Gmail has a 25 megabyte limit to its attachments.  If you insist on sending it via E-mail then you should split it into several chunks.   Most file archiving programs such as WinZip, WinRAR or 7-zip has options to split it into volumes.  Make sure to send it in batches to give time for the recipient to download each e-mail first before uploading another batch.  Doing so will avoid clogging up the mail server.

One option that you can do is to upload the file to a file server.  One example is Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/).  You can sign up for free and get 2GB free space.  Just share the link to your intended recipient and let them download it through dropbox.

Hope this helps!

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Answered By Michael Hill 0 points N/A #101886

How do you send large file through email?

Thank you for giving me such an excellent idea on how to send large files via email. I had them chopped in a different file using the website that you gave.

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