Max message size problem

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In Outlook 98 there was a method that allowed the sender to have the
system automatically break up a large, over 2 MB, message into smaller
more acceptable segments that would recombine into the large message
once received at the client end. I have been trying to locate that
feature in Outlook 2000 with no success. Is this still available? I
have a file of about 20 MB that needs to be sent to a client but cannot
be sent due to its size. Other methods, such as Winrar, are available
but requires the receiver to go though added steps to put the file back
together. The old method of sending large files would be much cleaner.

James
 
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James said:
In Outlook 98 there was a method that allowed the sender to have the
system automatically break up a large, over 2 MB, message into smaller
more acceptable segments that would recombine into the large message
once received at the client end. I have been trying to locate that
feature in Outlook 2000 with no success. Is this still available? I
have a file of about 20 MB that needs to be sent to a client but
cannot be sent due to its size. Other methods, such as Winrar, are
available but requires the receiver to go though added steps to put
the file back together. The old method of sending large files would
be much cleaner.
James
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Hmmm. I don't recollect even OL98 doing that, although Outlook Express did
(and still does). Outlook doesn't do it now, for sure.
I'd look at FTP if at all possible; email is not really a very efficient
file transfer mechanism.
 
I have done FTP but it requires a client at the posting end. Core FTP
Lite is one I use for my students to access files needed for a evening
college class I teach. It works well for that purpose but I will also
check into the yousendit post below. Since these are inbound messages
though it will require the sender to get it past their IT group which
adds another layer to the problem. It would have been much easier for
them if Outlook had that ability. Darn.

Thanks for the site pointer I will check it out as well.

James
 
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James said:
I have done FTP but it requires a client at the posting end.
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Like IE ? ;-)
Core FTP
Lite is one I use for my students to access files needed for a evening
college class I teach. It works well for that purpose but I will also
check into the yousendit post below. Since these are inbound messages
though it will require the sender to get it past their IT group which
adds another layer to the problem. It would have been much easier for
them if Outlook had that ability. Darn.
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Again, e-mail was simply not designed with this in mind. I consider it a
lucky thing that we can send file attachments at all.
 
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