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| Thread ID: 55838 | 2005-03-20 22:17:00 | Internet access for large files | Thomas01 (317) | Press F1 |
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| 336235 | 2005-03-20 22:17:00 | I download all sorts of things, programs which take nearly an hour to download, big graphic files etc. No problems. But when I try to send my son an email with just one photograph as an attachment (a big file as I want him to get it very detailed), then XTRA tells me it has failed to deliver for some reason. I don't mind paying for the time it takes but they inform me it just isn't possible. Can anybody explain to me in words of 2 syllables (or less) just why this is so. I do get frustrated by it. I have an ordinary connection - broadband is not for me. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 336236 | 2005-03-20 22:24:00 | How big are the files?? Some ISP's have a limit to the size of attachments. As big attachments, can clog the email server. That MAYBE one reason. Send them as jpg if u can, u might not have the same prob. Its either that, or your email settings have been configured wrong for outgoing / incoming email. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 336237 | 2005-03-20 22:44:00 | Rather than email, try using http://s16.yousendit.com/ , a good way of transferring large files. | snoopy (74) | ||
| 336238 | 2005-03-21 00:23:00 | What exactly is the bounce/error message you get? How big is the file? |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 336239 | 2005-03-21 02:04:00 | Quite simply, simple mail transfer protocol, email,was never initially designed (1982) for attachments, then there was uuencode which did, and also mime, multipurpose internet mail extension which took over from uuencode. Quote from the Mime paragraph from the website below: "Connector limitations can restrict the size of outgoing messages and stop users from sending such large attachments to other companies; however, circulating large attachments can stop or retard the flow of internal mail. Administrators justifiably worry about the impact that large messages have on systems and discourage people from sending large voice or video attachments. However, large attachments are the way of the future. You can only expect to see an increasing number of large attachments floating around your network." www.windowsitpro.com |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 336240 | 2005-03-21 02:16:00 | Xtra Webmail will not allow attachments larger than 2MB, use your email client if thaat is the problem. Xtra claim to allow any file size using a mail client (Thunderbird, OE, etc) but I thought there was a limit of 5MB on these using smtp. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 336241 | 2005-03-21 03:21:00 | If you anticipate doing this on a regular basis I'd suggest signing up with someone that does free web hosting, who offer FTP access - 10MB space or more is not uncommon. then upload the file to the free server via FTP, and give your recipient the access username/password and FTP details, and they can download it in the same way you upload it. Very simple once it's set up. Use a free FTP client such as WS_FTP LE. The potential problems with yousendit - their privacy policy ain't great: 1) "YouSendIt does not rent, sell, or share personal information about you with nonaffiliated companies" - hmmm "nonaffiliated"? Expect your recipient to get spammed. 2) I'm not certain, but doesn't the recipient retrieve the file via their email client, or is that just for notifications? If recipient's email address is only used for notifications, then yousendit looks like a great idea if recipient just uses a free disposable address. [edit] I just tried out Yousend it, and it works brilliantly! |
Greg (193) | ||
| 336242 | 2005-03-21 23:02:00 | Thank you to all those who replied with suggestions. I was using JPG and my file was only 48KB so it does seem as though there was another problem somewhere. However Terry high lighted the situation for me. If everybody sends huge attachments then the email situation will be chaotic. I wasn't thinking was I ! Suitable chastened (not by Terry but my own realisation of the situation), I will in future reduce all my email photographs to a suitable tiddly size. Good grief if I want to send large files I can drop them onto a CD and by air mail they will arrive in the UK within a day or so. I didn't really have a problem did I. I must also keep yousendit.com in mind for the odd occasion. Thanks again Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 336243 | 2005-03-21 23:17:00 | I was using JPG and my file was only 48KB so it does seem as though there was another problem somewhere. 48KB is certainly not unreasonable. Perhaps the mailbox you are sending it to is full? Again the exact error message would identify the problem. |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 336244 | 2005-03-21 23:33:00 | Yahoo has a 'Briefcase' feature that will store up to 30MB of files, and take files up to 5MB size. This can be accessed by other people if you supply them with your briefcase address. Sometimes, in fact often I think, relative 'newcomers' to scanning and photos will scan a photo at high resolution, save as a bit map, and then have problems trying to send 5MB photos. I had to tell my daughter in law some years ago when I was still on dialup to curb her enthusiasm, she does it the right way now:) But your 48KB jpg is tiny, as you say there is a problem elsewhere. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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