How do I receive extra large attachments for Outlook?

[Guest]

Hi there, when I receive an attachment that is 3000kb, it is really bogging
down my system. I cannot receive any other emails during this time. Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Increase your server timeout - 3 mb of data takes as long as your connection
allows. You cannot increase or decrease the time it takes.

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| Hi there, when I receive an attachment that is 3000kb, it is really
bogging
| down my system. I cannot receive any other emails during this time.
Thanks

 

[Guest]

Thank you for the reply. I will do what you said. I guess what I don't
understand is how I can receive that exact same email into my hotmail and
yahoo (on the web) account but not on Outlook. And the same email comes
quickly to the other 2 addresses. I access them all from the same computer
with same internet speed.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I guess what I
don't understand is how I can receive that exact same email into my
hotmail and yahoo (on the web) account but not on Outlook. And the
same email comes quickly to the other 2 addresses. I access them all
from the same computer with same internet speed.

Because those files aren't being downloaded to your local machine when you
view them on the web. Moreover, both Yahoo! and Microsoft (who runs
Hotmail) use systems far more powerful that what you have on your desktop
and most likely have bandwidth to their systems that far surpasses what you
have to your desktop. Just as you can push a lot more water through a
six-foot-diameter culvert than you can through a quarter-inch straw, so can
Hotmail and Yahoo! handle more data faster.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. I will get more memory and all that. I know it won't be close to
what you mentioned but it should help some. And changing the time out thing
helped too.

dave

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thank you. I will get more memory and all that. I know it won't be
close to what you mentioned but it should help some. And changing
the time out thing helped too.

Don't forget, though, that you're limiting factor most likely is your
connection speed. You should be able to calculate the (theoretical) time it
should take for a message transfer and compare your actual tranfer rate to
that value. If you don't get with about 90% of your theoretical rate, For
example, a 56Kbps modem often connects at about 50Kbps. A 3 MB file will
take approximately 10 minutes to download at that speed (3 million bytes / 5
thousand bytes per second = 600 seconds, with 50K bits per second equal to
about 5K bytes per second). Since I don't know your connection speed,
you'll have to figure your example.