Anyone know how to send an 88 MG ZIP file in Entourage for Mac 2008?

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Anyone know how to send an 88 MG ZIP file in Entourage for Mac 2008?

I urgently need to send a 88 MG compressed ZIP folder to a number of people in my ancient Entourage 2008 for Mac program. By default, the maximum size in Entourage is only 13 MB, so even the ZIP drive can't be sent.

I consulted <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/935848/how-to-allow-entourage-for-mac-to-send-large-e-mail-messages-to-an-exc> , which says that I can increase the size in 2008 by accessing Microsoft\Exchange Server\ClientAccess\exchweb\EWS, but I'm very low tech and I have no idea how to do that on OS 10.13 (High Sierra)--or on any other OS, in fact. (:>((

Alternatively, would my Apple Mail program (OS 10.13.6, High Sierra), allow me to send such a large file if I created an email and attached it there? I've never used Apple Mail because I don't know how to transfer my existing emaill folders and contacts to it, except manually.

Any good suggestions will be much appreciated!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Jun 25, 2020 2:18 PM

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VikingOSX

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Jun 25, 2020 2:32 PM in response to Turtlewiz

The first hurdle that you face is whether your ISP, or the ISP of your recipients will permit an 88 MB zip file to transfer. Many ISP's set a cap on the size of attachments.

Why not put this file on Google Drive, DropBox, or some other site, with appropriate security, and just send your recipients a link to where they can download the zip file?

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 25, 2020 2:45 PM in response to Turtlewiz

Open a free Hightail account. Once created, upload the .zip file to your storage space. From there you can send an email to as many people as you want. They will each get a link to click on to download the file.

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 26, 2020 6:32 AM in response to Turtlewiz

Well, I suppose you could use Hightail for sharing apps, but it's meant to be a way for users to share large files with each other when they have no other quick way of moving them between each other. It's just another site like DropBox.

The only people who can access what you put there are those you send an email to. However, there's no way for you to know if they in turn share that link with people who shouldn't know the file exists.

But that isn't as much of an issue as it sounds like. Say you could email the .zip file as an attachment, or you had your own FTP folder for them to download the file from. Once the recipient has the files, they can still share them with anyone they want, and you have the same end problem.

It comes down to one thing: can you trust the people who are receiving these files to keep them confidential?

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Turtlewiz Author

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Jun 25, 2020 2:40 PM in response to VikingOSX

Thanks, VikingOSX. I hadn't even thought about my recipients. And unfortunately, Google Docs says "This file is too large to open in preview." I've thought about splitting the PDF into different parts, but so many would probably be required that it wouldn't make sense. (It's a book created in Google Slide and has a lot of pictures, which is why it's so big.)

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Turtlewiz Author

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Jun 25, 2020 5:48 PM in response to Kurt Lang

Thank you! I took a look and I see that it's a file-sharing app. I would want it to be read-only (it's copyrighted material), with possibly additional security to keep it from being changed or altered.

I know that Google,docs can be set to read-only. Do you happen to know if this can be, too?

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Turtlewiz Author

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Jun 26, 2020 8:33 AM in response to Kurt Lang

Thanks so much for your long and thoughtful (and educational) reply. I trust the recipients, so I think I'll take the simple way out and just send a link to the Google Docs PDF and let them download the PDF themselves if they don't want to read it that way.

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Kurt Lang

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Jun 26, 2020 8:39 AM in response to Turtlewiz

Sounds like that should work just as well. Good luck!

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Anyone know how to send an 88 MG ZIP file in Entourage for Mac 2008?

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