expanding memory for outlook express mail box

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Help, I am currently doing appraisal desk reviews. Each
file comes with a large attachement file, that I open and
read through my acrobat reader. Lately I have not been
able to get all the files sent to me. The sender has
received error messages in the past that my general mail-
box is full. I keep the box virtually empty to avoid this
problem, but it keeps happening. I have been told that
there is a way to expand the memory capacity of my
generally delivery mail-box to correct this problem. Is
there a way to do this? If so could someone please send
me very basic, step by step instructions to accomplish
this. Thanks
 
Actually, memory capacity doesn't have anything to do with your email being
rejected. Think of your memory (RAM) as a kitchen counter top - the more you
have (the more counter space you have) the more things you can have open and
work on at the same time. Your hard disk is analogous to your cupboards -
that's where everything is stored, but you don't actually work there. You
take things out of the cupboards, put them on your counter top, and go from
there (you start a program, it reads the files from your hard disk and loads
them into RAM, and then allows you to work). This is a simple analogy, and
ignores things like swap space, etc. - but you get the general idea.

That being said - your email being rejected is a matter of settings
controlled by your ISP, or email administrator. For example, a standard
(free) Hotmail account has only 2mb of email storage space, and can only
receive files up to 1mb at a time. If you are on a corporate network with an
Exchange (or Lotus, or Sendmail...) server, those setting are directly
controlled by your email administrator (for instance, on my Exchange server
I have mailbox size limits of 25mb, and incoming/outgoing email size
restrictions of 2.5 mb).

You didn't specify who your ISP is (what is after the @ sign on your
email?). Are you using POP3 services? HTTP mail? Lotus? Exchange? Cox?
Roadrunner? MSN?AOL?

You need to contact your ISP and see if they will allow you more space. Some
services will allow you more space for a nominal fee (Hotmail, I think,
charges about $10 a year for 10mb of space and less restrictive file in/out
file sizes).

Keeping your mailbox empty is the right idea, but will only help so much.

I hope this helps. If you need more clarification, post back your specific
configuration and we can take it from there.

Patrick Pitre
 
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