Photograph Attachments

[granny grump]

I am trying to send some photos as an attachment to an email but it keeps saying This attachment exceeds the message size limitation of 25MB

I have put them in a zip file as I thought that this would reduce the size. There is also a letter attachment of 22oKB. Is there anything else that I can do?

[bibblebub]

One way would be to upload some or all of the pics to an online photo-sharing site, e.g. Photobucket, and simply put the links to those online copies in the email rather than attaching the images themselves.

Image compression might be another possibility.

[granny grump]

I'll try bibblebub - do I need to register with Photobucket and is it easy to to link it?

[Old_Geezer]

Some compression programmes will split a large file into parts; but the recipient needs the ability to join it all back up into one file again. Not done that for a while so I don't have a particular recommendation.

[SlackAlice]

Handy little converter for you

http://www.tnhost.com/tools/k-kb-mb-gb-tb-conveter

[VHG]

JPEG files are already compressed so putting them in a zip file wont compress them any more.

Try sending a few photos at a time, a few in each email.

[bibblebub]

You do need to register with Photobucket (you don't have to use your real name and date of birth if you don't want to because they won't know any different). It does mean that your pics will remain as long as you want to be registered (so no automatic deletion after x days).

It's simple to provide a link because a boxes are given on the rhs that allow you to share each pic e.g here's a screenshot showing them http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p701/bibblebub/screen%20shot_zpsmbohn7sg.jpg~original/screen%20shot_zpsmbohn7sg.jpg

[bibblebub]

wrong link http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p701/bibblebub/screen%20shot_zpsmbohn7sg.jpg

[Buenchico]

Most pictures (from your camera, etc) are in jpeg format, which means that they've already been heavily compressed. Putting such pictures into a zip file adds little to the compression, so they'll still take up just as much space as if you sent them uncompressed.

There are loads of file transfer services available, where you can upload your big files to a secure server on the web and then send the intended recipient(s) a link so that they can download them. However one of the easiest ways to access such a service is to sign up for a free email account with GMX. (You don't need to actually use the account for your email if you don't want to). That gets you 2Gb of free storage space, which you use to upload any files that you want. (So, for example, you could use it to store back-ups of all your important data). However there's also a 'share' option, where you provide the email address of someone whom you want to share a file (or folder) with and they're automatically sent a link to download the file(s):
http://www.gmx.co.uk

[granny grump]

Thank you I think I need to wait for my grandson to come over and help me. I get confused very easily :-(

[Old_Geezer]

It isn't easy without looking over someone's shoulder as they explain what they're doing, why, and how easy it is to do for yourself.

[CrapAtCryptics]

I usually just plump for the more than one email option

[granny grump]

I've gone with more than one email option like you C@C and yes OldGeezer I need one of my grandchildren with me Ha ha