Problem emailing my photos

[Martin Healy]

Hi,

I'm running XP on my computer. I want to email 50 photos to another person.
My only way of transferring these files to this person is by email as I
don't have a memory card reader or a blank CD-RW disc. I don't want to share
these photos on a public website either. Eventhough the 50 files were zipped
up using winzip, the resulting zip file took too long to email - and
consequently my outlook program stoped responding. The total size of my
photos are approx 80MB. The files were zipped up using normal compression.
I even tried maximum compression but I had no success. Strangely enough,
when my photos are converted to the zip file, this file is still showing 80MB
when I highlight it. By the way, I'm only using the evaluation version of
Winzip - would this make a difference?

Is there a limit to how much a persons smtp mail server will allow or is
this controlled by my ISP. Is there any compression software out there that
will reduced the size of my photos from 80MB to around 6MB thereby enabling
me to email these photos? I could email these photos in portions but I don't
want this.

Please note, I'm using a 2Mbps DSL broadand connection.

All suggestions welcome.

Thanks

Martin

 

[Gordon]

Hi,

I'm running XP on my computer. I want to email 50 photos to another
person.
My only way of transferring these files to this person is by email as I
don't have a memory card reader or a blank CD-RW disc. I don't want to
share
these photos on a public website either. Eventhough the 50 files were
zipped
up using winzip, the resulting zip file took too long to email - and
consequently my outlook program stoped responding. The total size of my
photos are approx 80MB. The files were zipped up using normal
compression.
I even tried maximum compression but I had no success. Strangely enough,
when my photos are converted to the zip file, this file is still showing
80MB
when I highlight it. By the way, I'm only using the evaluation version of
Winzip - would this make a difference?

Is there a limit to how much a persons smtp mail server will allow or is
this controlled by my ISP. Is there any compression software out there
that
will reduced the size of my photos from 80MB to around 6MB thereby
enabling
me to email these photos? I could email these photos in portions but I
don't
want this.

Please note, I'm using a 2Mbps DSL broadand connection.

All suggestions welcome.

Firstly I would think it's HIGHLY unlikely that your ISP would allow you to
email a file anything REMOTELY approaching 80MB unless you have an expensive
commercial account.
There are websites where you can post a file in a private folder and send
your recipient a link with the password.
Have a look here:
http://www.yousendit.com/
http://www.civilnetizen.com/

 

[dlw]

10 meg is a fairly standard email size limit. Multiple emails is your only
option. jpg files are already compressed, zipping them does not compress
them further.