emailing large files

[stevewilliams]

Just sent a small video clip 10Mb as an attachment to various contacts and it was bounced back by all except a contact using Outlook Express. I checked with one of the web-based emails used (hotmail) and it has plenty of storage space - over 1 Gb so perhaps this is not the problem?

In short; why can Outlook Express receive my attachment but various others fail.

Any advice much appreciated

 

[Igorian]

Some isps limit the amount of data being sent/received.

 

[dave.m]

Why not upload it to a hosting site like Photobucket:
http://photobucket.com/
You can upload a max of 5 mins, 100MB of video and then just give your email recipients the link from Photobucket and they can view it at their leisure.
dave

 

[breezer]

i bet they love you.

as has been said some isps have a limit on file size, its nothing to do with the email client they are using.

 

[naturephoenix]

rename the file to .dat, zip it and send

 

[stevewilliams]

Many thanks for your advice - the isp limit is a strange one as one of my friends has the same isp as me but I will check this out.

Thanks again

Steve

 

[breezer]

thats why i said i bet they love you.

its quite common for ISP's to set a limit on bandwidth usage / month, your 10m may be jsut enough to send them over the limit.

 

[Dave Rowtree]

Try uploading it to YouTube then sending people the link instead.

 

[foxhole]

http://www.civilnetizen.com/
Secure tranfer up to 4gb.

 

[rightspanner]

there is http://sendthisfile.com/ too