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Thread ID: 45189 2004-05-13 07:58:00 emailing digital photos Roseyglow (2770) Press F1
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236182 2004-05-13 07:58:00 I have winxp. after selecting a photo from my pictures and clicking on email this picture it asks me if I want to make the photo smaller to email it and even though I say yes the picture doesn't email as the file is too big.
help!!!
Roseyglow (2770)
236183 2004-05-13 08:13:00 What was the original file size, and what size do you end up with after XP has made it smaller? Is the image a .bmp or .jpeg (jpg) or some other extension? Jen C (20)
236184 2004-05-14 06:35:00 The original size is 588 kb The size when I make it smaller is 27.4 kb (jpeg)
What else can I try??
Roseyglow (2770)
236185 2004-05-14 06:39:00 what error message do you get when emailing the pic?

what is telling you the pic is to big? email program? return email?
tweak'e (174)
236186 2004-05-14 06:39:00 27.4 kB is quite appropriate for emailing.

Can you tell us what program you are using for email, and if you are using a POP3 email (@xtra, @paradise, @clear etc), or webmail (hotmail etc)
godfather (25)
236187 2004-05-15 05:15:00 we are using outlook express, the photo is approx 110kb,email starts to go but wont go any further, then we get a message saying your smtp server has not responded in 210 seconds, would you like to wait another 210 seconds, we click yes but after 210 seconds again we get the same message Roseyglow (2770)
236188 2004-05-15 06:50:00 If you've got any sort of photo editor why not just resize it, save as with the new size and then send it.

I find that resizing to about 750 pixels wide by whatever long, usually gives a convenient and pretty good definition file size for emailing.

Gif format gives the smallest file sizes in B and W. Probably jpeg is best for colour.
rugila (214)
236189 2004-05-15 07:29:00 Try disabling any option on your antivirus software that scans outgoing email. Or try with the software disabled for a test.

Using a firewall?

The problem could be with your ISP though, as that size email should send just fine.

I regularly send emails up to 5,000 kB in size without any error.
godfather (25)
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