On Jun 24, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Nigel Saberon wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I'm just curioUs if it is possible to send a huge file about 2GB over > Apple Mail? 'CAUSE I found out that Gmail can'T handle more than the > 10MB > limit when using Mail. When using a web browser, it sticks to the > 10MB limit. > > Any ideas?
The size of email attachments allowed is determined by the mail server of the account. Gmail says 10MB, I think AOL is 16MB, other ISPs vary, I think Cox is 5MB. You could theoretically split a file into small parts, RAR (.rar) is a favorite format for splitting large files into many small parts. RAR has the advantage that missing parts can be reconstructed from the others similar the the way a RAID array can recover the data of a lost HD. 2GB would be 200+ 10MB files to mail individually, not a reasonable idea. There are many easier ways to share a large files, you can do it within OS X, or by ftp. Some files sharing sites accept large uploads, but normally only with a paid account. One of the simplest might be to use the new Opera 10.0 beta browser with the "Unite" file sharing and web server features. See the video and download at: <http://unite.opera.com/> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
