Apple mail message size does not match

I have been experiencing an issue where the message size in apple mail does not match the outgoing message size. It seems odd that a 17mb file would create a 23mb message size with no other attachments to the email. Here's an image of the problem. See how the message size in the error message doesn't match the message size in the dialog.

MacBook Pro 13”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 28, 2020 11:12 AM

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kitkollmeyer Author

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Oct 28, 2020 11:34 AM in response to TonyCollinet

Ah ha! Thank you Tony. Knowing this 137% formula, I'm surprised that apple doesn't adjust the estimate in the message dialog box to account for MIME encoding. It would certainly be helpful when I'm composing a message to know that it will be rejected beforehand.

Oct 28, 2020 11:16 AM in response to kitkollmeyer

Hi - not surprising.

See:

https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/161425/emails-with-attachments-are-larger-than.html

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