Attachment size issues/fixes for OSX10.7 Mail client?

I don't think there is a limit. Why do you think there is?

I see. A few things to consider...

* Even if your mail server has a big attachment limit, the recipients server may have a small one, which would lead to messages that disappear without a trace.

* Zip up your files before sending them. (Select files, control-click on them and select "Compress...".)

* Note that attached images enable a little menu in the bottom right-hand corner of the mail message which adjusts the quality of the image.

charlie

Good - hope it's fixed!

Hi I got tyhe same problen and works fine sending from Entourage. Keeps coming up with message file seize to big and can't find message again. Not in outbox or draft just gone. Must be a apple mail issue

I have a similar issue.

When I try to send attached files through my Exchange server using Mail (e.g., 4 Word docs at 1–3 MBs each, for a total of fewer than 10 MBs), it takes FOREVER before I even get a message saying Mail couldn't connect to the server.

As someone else said, compression doesn't do much, particularly on Word docs. The limit for our server is either 15 or 20 MB (can't remember now), so that's not the problem. The attachments aren't images, so it's not the quality issue. The files just don't send at all because it can't seem to connect, and like I said, it takes a long time for the computer to even tell me this.

When I don't have attachments, or when they're very small (a couple of MBs total), there is no problem connecting to the server.

I think there's a major bug in Mail when it comes to Exchange servers, which is sad because I like it more than Outlook otherwise, in most respects. 😟

I think there's a major bug in Mail when it comes to Exchange servers,

Can't confirm.

There is a limitation in Exchange 2007 and 2010 for EWS-Clients (EWS is the protocoll for the communication between Apple Mail and Exchange).

Your exchange admin has to set up two values:

Technet-article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa996835(v=exchg.140).aspx

When I attach screenshots, the image size defaults to Medium (instead of Actual Size), so the files are unreadable. How can I change the default size?

I have seen the same problem when using mail with exchange server. It has nothing to do with the recipients limitations. I try and send large files to people in my office and they don't get sent. I switch over to Outlook on my PC or in parallels and it sends without a problem.

stevenzac wrote:

I have seen the same problem when using mail with exchange server. It has nothing to do with the recipients limitations. I try and send large files to people in my office and they don't get sent. I switch over to Outlook on my PC or in parallels and it sends without a problem.

What do you consider a large file to be?

Pete

I tried a 60mb file today. It was about ten photos. I've had this same problem dozens of times. Will always work in outlook on PC but not in Mac environment.

stevenzac wrote:

I tried a 60mb file today. It was about ten photos. I've had this same problem dozens of times. Will always work in outlook on PC but not in Mac environment.

I know my server will simply not permit that large an attachment, regardless of wheter it is sent from a Mac or a PC. It also brings into question the size allowance of one's mailbox on their particular server. I would hate to recieve a 60mb attachment and have to download it.

Pete

This isn't an issue of the server not allowing that big a file. I was sending it from my home while connected via vpn to the office account. I was sending it to someone else in my office. It just won't go in Apple Mail. Then I go to my PC in Windows....open Outlook and can send the same exact email and attachment without any problem to the same person in the office.