Email size restrictions?

daz196 · 18-10-2007, 17:26

I am trying to send some 6 pictures total of about 9mb,i get a error message,
when i send 1 email of 1.6mb, it sends ok,
is there any size restrictions to sending emails,
i never sent any large emails before,
sorry if posted before ,but i cant find the answer i need.
thanks
daz

jcw00 · 18-10-2007, 17:34

It could be the person you are sending to has a limit.

Tightscot · 18-10-2007, 17:36

9MB is pretty big to email in one hit... can you zip or rar the pics?

Toto · 18-10-2007, 17:39

I think its 2Mb per email.

ultimate · 18-10-2007, 18:29

Some files although they are <10mb, will be >10mb in an email, I have sent files around 8mb, I suggest you use GMAIL, which allows attachments up to 20Mb, but your recepient has to use GMAIL as well.

ZebUK · 18-10-2007, 22:57

Before VM took over Telewest it had a 16MB file size limit and don't now if VM have lowered this to maybe 10MB like most.

This isn't the size of the email as the files sit on your PC but in fact the size after they're encoded for sending.

To calculate, total up the size of the email and divide it by 0.8.

Example, 8MB / 0.8 = 10MB

18-10-2007, 23:36

AFAIR the attachment gets massive overheads once composed and sent.
I'd be tempted to zip/RAR and use something like Mediafire to send files over say, 6 or so MB. ISP email addys are notoriously flaky in my experience with big files.
I have a third party business email address that handles big files no prob - I'd never dream of using my NTL/VM address for these.