sending movies in email (Tip for Hotmail and Gmail users)

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I got a Hotmail notice that their free storage is going to be up from 2MB to
250MB soon, and that attachment size is going up from 1MB max to 10MB max -
which means video by email won't have to be so short or compressed.

I checked my Gmail account and it has the 10MB attachment size too.

Made me happy - thought I'd share...Hooray for email starting to catch up to
the pace of other stuff.

To take advantage of this in MM2, you need to go to...

Tools | Options | Advanced Tab

....and set the email attachment default max size up as high as 10.

I'm not sure if just because you can send a 10MB attachment that just any
old account can receive a 10MB attachment - but I guess we'll find that out
soon. If these two do it, others probably will soon too.

Just remember to know which friends are still on dialup...you may cause
frustration to a 56Ker having to download something so big!
 
I'm not sure if just because you can send a 10MB attachment that just any
old account can receive a 10MB attachment - but I guess we'll find that
out
soon. If these two do it, others probably will soon too.
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Don't forget, though, that it's not only extremely bad form do send large
files via email, but technically, it's a very ugly solution too.
If you make a 10Mb file, it will be around 14-15Mb when emailed, due to
conversion from 8 to 7 bit data to pass through email.
So the safe maximum would be 6, perhaps 7Mb.

Why not take advantage of the fact that Yahoo etc do a 30Mb "briefcase";
upload the 10Mb file there, people can get it.
And to be honest, with 1Gb of webspace being about $50 per year these days,
I'd just use that if you're serious about sharing files!
 
Alan Parker said:
Don't forget, though, that it's not only extremely bad form do send large
files via email, but technically, it's a very ugly solution too.
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(snip)

It's rude also. I use MailWasher to kill unexpected large files or
attachements at my ISP.

Rich
 
The grandparents won't think it is rude... just people who follow net
etiquette from the quaint early 90s (oh so long ago now) when a 1MB file was
considered 'huge' and a bandwidth waster. I think people should be
rethinking what a waste of bandwidth is...

As I said, watch out for those with dialup (still common sense) - they won't
find large attachments appealing, but the 47% of people in the US with
broadband will not even blink. Those (that you know and love) will be happy
to see the video, and it is much less effort (for most, not you alpha geeks
who pre-date AOL) to email things. Those that you do not know - will likely
not be receiving your movie (I hope). Movie spam would definitely be a new
low.

Interesting tip on the 6 or 7 MB - I'll have to watch to see if they bloat
like that. I'm not sure why they would bloat that much though - as a 1MB
movie sends fine through email services that cap at 1MB...
 
My take on the subject is that, if you know your audience, than any file
size is fine. But, if you don't, then video files are best uploaded to a
server and the link provided in the email, not the file as an attachment.
It's then up to the person receiving the email if and when to view it....
and if the video is great, a whole lot easier to just pass the link around
the world than to pass the file.
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to see the video, and it is much less effort (for most, not you alpha
geeks who pre-date AOL) to email things.
(struggling...not...to...make..AOL...comment.)

Interesting tip on the 6 or 7 MB - I'll have to watch to see if they bloat
like that. I'm not sure why they would bloat that much though - as a 1MB
movie sends fine through email services that cap at 1MB...
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A 6.8Mb movie bloats to 9.3Mb, to give you a rough idea. Email is not a
binary transport.
 
I am the grandparent, and I consider it rude. It has nothing to do with
being quaint it has to do with courtesy. For those I "know and love" they
might get a few special still shots via e-mail but the majority of times
they get a DVD, VHS or prints delivered personally if possible or by
mail/UPS/Fedex. I must be an "alpha geek" as I predate AOL (which I have
never used). I actually go back a bit further to ARPAnet.

Rich
 
never used). I actually go back a bit further to ARPAnet.
Rich
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ARPAnet, wow - you probably had to rub two modems together to make fire too
;-)

I chide back on the 'rudeness' comments only because I hear them cited so
often with little thought by people repeating what they have heard but don't
really know why. (Most of you seem a bit more thoughful I admit)

I liken it to the old story about the woman who cut her roast beef in half
before cooking it in two pans. When asked why she did by her young daughter
who was helping her - she said "because that's how mom always did it". Young
daughter goes out to ask grandma why and finds out it was because grandma
had a very small oven at the time.

I think we all seem to agree you need to know your audience/oven when making
a decision.
 
print_maker said:
ARPAnet, wow - you probably had to rub two modems together to make fire too
;-)

I chide back on the 'rudeness' comments only because I hear them cited so
often with little thought by people repeating what they have heard but don't
really know why. (Most of you seem a bit more thoughful I admit)

I liken it to the old story about the woman who cut her roast beef in half
before cooking it in two pans. When asked why she did by her young daughter
who was helping her - she said "because that's how mom always did it". Young
daughter goes out to ask grandma why and finds out it was because grandma
had a very small oven at the time.

I think we all seem to agree you need to know your audience/oven when making
a decision.
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Had to build the modems before we could rub them together... ;)

Ironically we have cooked large roast beefs in half with a lot of guests,
seem to cook better and more space even in a large oven to cook other
things.

It seems every time a friend or family member discovers the internet they
have a tendency to e-mail everything they have. You know, those urban
legend e-mails which say at the bottom "and e-mail this to everyone you
know". Or look at these cute pictures, dozens of fuzzy/blurry pictures of
what could be your grandkids or the neighbors dog at some unknown location.

Rich
 
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