Large attachment (mpg) downloading

audrey · #1 November 7th, 2003, 11:37 PM

I have received an mpg file (attached file) that is showing to be over 11000 kb in size. My problem is that although this size file is acceptable by my e-mail service, the server refreshes every 5 minutes so that it cannot download for me. Previously, I was able to forward a somewhat smaller mpg attachment to another e-mail and download it there. But this one is too large for this service to allow to be forwarded as well. I've upgraded one e-mail mailbox to allow 10MB files, hoping to forward this mpg over to it, but this is not being allowed due to the size. I have Outlook Express and Eudora, but do not know their limitations as far as opening large files through them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

renegade600 · #2 November 7th, 2003, 11:48 PM

just have it split in half by the person who sent it to you. You can find splitter programs at www.shareware.com

audrey · #3 November 8th, 2003, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by renegade600

just have it split in half by the person who sent it to you. You can find splitter programs at www.shareware.com

What I am really needing to know is whether or not I can download this large mpeg video by using Outlook Express or Eudora, or is it too large even for them to handle? I can't find any resource stating what these two mail programs (any versions) can handle as far as attachment size. Once I've opened Outlook Express, that e-mail with that mpeg video attachment will no longer be available through that e-mail server. So I haven't yet tried it through Outlook Express, and would like to know beforehand if it should work.

Thanks!

**degsy** · #4 November 8th, 2003, 07:41 PM

The mail program should have no problem with the attachment.

The problem would be with your ISP/Mail Server.

renegade600 · #5 November 8th, 2003, 10:15 PM

your isp usually has a size limit for attachements. Most are between 1-3 megs. As far as limits with Outlook Express and Eudora, there are none, just whatever your isp limits you to.

One thing you can try, I am not sure about a size limit, open a account at yahoo, go to briefcase.yahoo.com have whoever sent you the file to upload the file there and you just download it. You get 30 megs of storage for free.