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| Thread ID: 73031 | 2006-10-04 22:38:00 | thunderbird and file size | tingle (6539) | Press F1 |
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| 489233 | 2006-10-04 22:38:00 | why is it when i attach a 1.59mb file to an email in thuderbird, it becomes a 2.236mb email when sent?? :angry seems strange to me. its happened a few diff file types and sizes. any ideas?? |
tingle (6539) | ||
| 489234 | 2006-10-05 05:51:00 | It has something to do with how the attachment is encoded within the email so that it can be sent. Adds a fair bit of padding, and something to keep in mind when you are sending already large files. | Jen (38) | ||
| 489235 | 2006-10-05 06:31:00 | When sending any attachment via email, it gets converted to HTML (email was never originally designed as a method for sending attachments, it was a text only based system) That adds significantly to the size of the attachment as you note. |
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| 489236 | 2006-10-05 08:52:00 | well, ya learn something everyday! i had no idea about that, or at least i never noticed before. thanks for the help you two. |
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