xp compressed folder problem

[frankief]

I am trying to send some photos by email.
There are about 12 in a folder - total 9mb,all saved as JPEG images by Windows.
Let's compress them, I have the inbuilt XP zip utility!
Right click/ send to/compressed folder.
Do you want to designate Compressed Folders as application to handle zip files/ YES!
Zip file created...but it's still 9mb!! What has gone wrong?

[ChuckFickens]

Jpegs are already a compressed format... you can't compress them again.

[Rollo]

You neede to compress the individual photos so that they take up far less bytes.

Irfanview (free) will do that for you.

http://www.irfanview.net/

[ChuckFickens]

Remember the more you compress photos the more quality you lose though.

[Rollo]

If the photos are just being emailed - as opposed to goined to be printed - then compressing them makes no noticible difference, I find.

[frankief]

That explains it, thanks guys.
I've sent it through anyway, it's finally left my computer, let's see if it arrives in one piece!
Do ISPs still have a size limit on files?