limits on the size of an e-mail

Hello

Until recently BTinternet did not have a limit on the size of an
individual e-mail sent or received as long as you stayed within the
overall 50mb capacity of the account.

Now I notice that the yahoo upgrade is limiting that to 10mb, I think.

Other ISP's seem to have limits but the info is not alwasy easy to
find. Aramiska is 10 mb Supanames is 12mb.

Can anybody point nme to a resource that would inform me ?

(or

Which cheapish broadband ISP's offer the ability to send large
indivisulae-mails ? )

> Until recently BTinternet did not have a limit on the size of an
> individual e-mail sent or received as long as you stayed within the
> overall 50mb capacity of the account.

OK, this is a stupid question...

Why do you need to send an email of 10Mb+ in a single go ?

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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 23:38:37 +0100, Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> Until recently BTinternet did not have a limit on the size of an
>> individual e-mail sent or received as long as you stayed within the
>> overall 50mb capacity of the account.
>
>OK, this is a stupid question...
>
>Why do you need to send an email of 10Mb+ in a single go ?

I have customers who delight in sending each other e-mails with single
PowerPoint attachments of 50Mb+ each.

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Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed) et>...
> > Until recently BTinternet did not have a limit on the size of an
> > individual e-mail sent or received as long as you stayed within the
> > overall 50mb capacity of the account.
>
> OK, this is a stupid question...
>
> Why do you need to send an email of 10Mb+ in a single go ?

It is not stupid, but...

1) e-mail is the road network of the world. We know that alternatives
such as ftp and web posting exist, just as rail, canals and cycles
exist. But most people use cars and e-mail as the medium of first
choce.

2) To exchange a dtp file, a powerpoint presentation, or a spreadsheet
with someone incerasingly involves big files.
Speedy collaboration with a group of different people precludes using
the canals and railways if people will only work quickly with cars.

I am not advocating e-mail as the method of choice if regularly
sending / receiving large files. (if you are a printer use a different
method) but occasional inter-office collaborations do need something
convenient that will work.

Cheers

"John Owens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<(E-Mail Removed) et>...
> > > Until recently BTinternet did not have a limit on the size of an
> > > individual e-mail sent or received as long as you stayed within the
> > > overall 50mb capacity of the account.
> >
> > OK, this is a stupid question...
> >
> > Why do you need to send an email of 10Mb+ in a single go ?
>
> It is not stupid, but...
>
> 1) e-mail is the road network of the world. We know that alternatives
> such as ftp and web posting exist, just as rail, canals and cycles
> exist. But most people use cars and e-mail as the medium of first
> choce.
>
> 2) To exchange a dtp file, a powerpoint presentation, or a spreadsheet
> with someone incerasingly involves big files.
> Speedy collaboration with a group of different people precludes using
> the canals and railways if people will only work quickly with cars.
>
> I am not advocating e-mail as the method of choice if regularly
> sending / receiving large files. (if you are a printer use a different
> method) but occasional inter-office collaborations do need something
> convenient that will work.

You could always split the file before sending and the receipient can put it
together again at their end. Its a very simple process.
In your account properties (if using oe6) click on the advanced tab and put
a tick in "break apart messages greater than X size" then put in the
required size say for example 7mb.
OE6 will then break apart the message when sending. If the file size is say
11mb, then the recipient will receive a 7mb file and a 4mb file. All they
need to do is to highlight both parts together by holding down ctrl, then
right click and "combine and decode". The message and attachment will then
be put back together again into one whole file.
These instructions are for both sender and recipient using OE6, check the
help file for any other email client on how to do it on those.
If you find that all isps will go on to only accept less than 10mb, then
this is maybe the only fix you will find.

Thanks Beck for that interesting point about OE splitting emails, I have
sent some split files recently using WinZip which works well too. The
recipient had to update his WinZip to be able to combine the parts though.

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks Beck for that interesting point about OE splitting emails, I have
> sent some split files recently using WinZip which works well too. The
> recipient had to update his WinZip to be able to combine the parts though.

Well this way they dont need winzip, only their usual email client.
Although not everyone knows about combine and decode, so if you do use this
method, you may need to explain to them how to join them up at their end.

"Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<c60gr2$pdd$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> You could always split the file before sending and the receipient can put it
> together again at their end. Its a very simple process.


Thanks Becks

However it is not an option in Outlook and (and I know not whether
Notes allows it). My problem is dealing with the wide mass of
corporate and independednt contacts who expect e-mail to send things
like within their offices !

Cheers

John

"John Owens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Beck" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<c60gr2$pdd$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > You could always split the file before sending and the receipient can
put it
> > together again at their end. Its a very simple process.
>
>
> Thanks Becks
>
> However it is not an option in Outlook and (and I know not whether
> Notes allows it). My problem is dealing with the wide mass of
> corporate and independednt contacts who expect e-mail to send things
> like within their offices !

Thats a bugger, sorry. It might be a pain, but what about FTP transfer?
You dont need to layout a fancy website, just upload the files to your
chosen webspace and give your colleagues the url. I know its not a fix for
your email problems, but I have a sneaky suspicion that maybe more isps will
be reducing the size of emails sent through the system as they can clog up
the mail system on servers already overloaded with spam and virus's.

"John Owens" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ...Which cheapish broadband ISP's offer the ability to send large
> indivisulae-mails ?

You don't have to use the same ISP for mail as the one that provides your
connection. I use www.dr2.net for hosting web pages and mail (several
domains) - US$40/year and 150MB total storage limit.

The size limit is usually at the receiving end not the sending end, though,
because mail is stored there.


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