How do I email a pics to exe show?

[echelonphoto]

I tried to email one today as an attachment and it completely locked up my Outlook and my PC. I finally had to close the email..how can I do this?

[Lin Evans]

I tried to email one today as an attachment and it completely locked up my Outlook and my PC. I finally had to close the email..how can I do this?

First, you need to be sensitive to both your own email provider and that of the person you are sending the file to. Many email providers and especially "web mail" addressed such as yahoo and hotmail have limits of about 1 megabyte for files sizes. So if you are sending an executable file to a friend or relative who has a typical web mail address then you need to keep the image sizes and total file size under 1 megabyte. On the other hand if you are sending your slideshow via a broadband connect to someone else who has broadband, then you need to find out what both your limits and the recepient's limits are. In many cases it may be 10 megabytes.

Finally, you need to zip the file and send it as a zip rather than an executable because "many" providers will simply strip off any executable attachmets and the recepient will never get it.

The fact that you locked up Outlook may mean that you tried to send a file larger than your provider allows.

Best regards,

Lin

[echelonphoto]

Thanks...I don't really know how to 'zip" the file....in fact I had trouble trying to "unzip" a demo file from a post in this very forum. My file was 106mb.

[Lin Evans]

Thanks...I don't really know how to 'zip" the file....in fact I had trouble trying to "unzip" a demo file from a post in this very forum. My file was 106mb.

Most current Windows computers have zip capabilities. Usually you can right click on a file and one of the options will be to create a zip file. If you find your computer doesn't have the capability to zip then you can purchase PKZip off the web - it's not expensive.

To unzip a file, assuming you have that capability and I'm quite certain you do, just use the "run" command. Click "start" "run" then change the default from "executable" files to "any file" by clicking on the down arrow. Browse until you find the zipped file and click on it and you will be offered choices to "run" or "extract". If you want to, you can run a file without "extracting" the executable from the zipped format, but if you wish, you can "extract" to a folder of your choice and then you will have the executable in its native format.

106 megabytes is "WAY" too big to email. Even commercial email systems such as used by IBM, Hewlett-Packard and so on internally will sometimes "choke" on a file that large. Definitely put it on a CD and "mail" it through the post office - don't even think of sending anything much larger than 10 megabytes via email.

Best regards,

Lin

[thedom]

An other alternative would be to upload the file thru a ftp client on your personnal space (most providers allow 100MB or more for their users) and send the link to this file in an email.

[goddi]

An other alternative would be to upload the file thru a ftp client on your personnal space (most providers allow 100MB or more for their users) and send the link to this file in an email.

Other ways to send large files is to get on Yahoo IM or Skype (both parties together) and send the file "live". It does not go through email. It is sent PC to PC. Yes, having a broadband connection helps. Usually, it works pretty well. Another way, is to use Dropload:

http://www.dropload.com/

I have not used it personally, but my nephew has sent very large video files with it (up to 100mb).

Gary...

[bmccammon]

www.yousendit.com allows you to post up to a 1 gb file and notify the receipient that it is available for download... free.

[echelonphoto]

Thanks for all the help, guys. I got the file zipped, but its still crashes the email. I also tried attaching it to this post...but that did not work either.

[alrobin]

Thanks for all the help, guys. I got the file zipped, but its still crashes the email. I also tried attaching it to this post...but that did not work either.

Even a zipped file containing a large show will be too large to email or, for sure, post here on the Forum! As others have suggested, try "dropload" or "yousendit", or upload it to a website where your friends/relatives can download it themselves.

[Ken Cox]

Back in 2002 i put some figures in forum re email overhead

here are some additional figures

The encoding to include binary information in an e-mail increses the size

by approximately 33%. Every three bytes are encoded as four bytes. So

thirteen megabytes (13,6631,488 bytes) would become abbout 17.3 megabytes

(18,129,897 bytes), at least...

I have some additional values somewhere -- have not found them as yet - the discussion was with Dana White in Nov 2002.

ken

[Ken Cox]

Basically this is the original that my friend received in May 2002 from the isp

I posted at the time because the same thing had happened when a member tried to email a show

quite a few did not know about the encryption etc that goes into an email message

now things may have chamged for some since 2002 -- mine has not changed much

ken

quote

Hello,

My name is Tim.

Mail servers are specifically designed to transmit text messages; similar

to

electronic 'postcards', or letters. Sending large email attachments

congests

data traffic, and delays delivery to ALL accounts on the server.

Email is encrypted 'before' passing through the outgoing mail server, and

decrypted 'after' passing through the receiving mail server. This

encryption process can increase file size by 30% or more, depending on the

file format.

The 'shaw.ca' mail server can process files up to five (5) megabytes

(Total)

in size. However, this includes the size of the outgoing file after

encryption.

Though larger files occasionally get through, the recommended setting

guarantees safe passage through our mail server. Remember that receiving

mail servers, especially dial-up connection mail servers, may have further

size restrictions to as low as 1 or 2 megabytes; in which case the message

and attachment will be rejected and returned to you.

Alternatively, most email programs will allow you to 'break' the message

into smaller pieces to send it. Please see the programs help files for

assistance with this.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

For years the Internet has used FTP 'File Transfer Protocol', to transport

large files across. FTP transfers files of any size, from one Internet

connected computer to another, and is the standard used to move 'Internet

Freight' (Large Files). Just do a search on 'FTP', as there are 'free'

and

'shareware' FTP programs, as well as 'packaged' software that can be

purchased.

Our first priority is to ensure that shaw.ca mail servers are available

continuously, and we encourage you to consider file transfer options that

directly meet the need.

Please feel free to contact us, the local phone number for technical

support

can be found at http://support.shaw.ca/contacts.htm or visit our Customer

Support Site at http://support.shaw.ca.

Thank you for choosing Shaw.

Tim

E-Mail Support Team

Shaw High-Speed Internet Service

internet.help@sjrb.ca

When sending a reply to us, please remember to include all previous

correspondence.

The size limit per email is 5 MB uncompressed. Because most files have

some

sort of compression, the actual file size is generally 3-4 MB allowable.

We

also have a storage limit of 10 MB of total space on our servers. If

someone sends you a 2 MB email, but you only have 1.5 MB available, the

message will be returned as well.