pjmorris Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 :( Email addressees get garbage when I send photos as attachments. How do I solve this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 What software are you using to send the emails?What file size are these photos? What format are they in (JPEG, GIF, TIFF etc.)? Many service providers have a strict limit on the file size of attachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 I use Vista mail sometimes (the replacement for Outlook Express pops) and have no difficulty attaching pictures in .jpg format.I always reduce the file size to below 300 kb to facilitate transmission and to avoid burdening friends and family (some being on dial-up) with large downloads. However - I have sent files up to 1.5 Gb in size without problems.Have you tried sending a message with attachment to yourself to see if it transmits OK...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmorris Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 What software are you using to send the emails? Windows MailWhat file size are these photos? What format are they in (JPEG, GIF, TIFF etc.)? Many service providers have a strict limit on the file size of attachments. JPG each photo less than 1 MB, I have high speed internet connection. See response below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmorris Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 I use Vista mail sometimes (the replacement for Outlook Express pops) and have no difficulty attaching pictures in .jpg format.I always reduce the file size to below 300 kb to facilitate transmission and to avoid burdening friends and family (some being on dial-up) with large downloads. However - I have sent files up to 1.5 Gb in size without problems.Have you tried sending a message with attachment to yourself to see if it transmits OK...?I've sent several test emails with JPG photo attached and the following comes into my inbox with the following subject lines:test mail w photo P6010013JPG [01/6]test mail w photo P6010013JPG [02/6]test mail w photo P6010013JPG [03/6]test mail w photo P6010013JPG [04/6]test mail w photo P6010013JPG [05/6]test mail w photo P6010013JPG [06/6]When I click on one of the above attachments, a data attachment appears that I can't open.Then in less that a second, the above inbox items disappear and the the item below appears with the photo. test mail w photo P6010013JPG [01/6]Which I can open with ease.It appears that Windows Mail breaks photos into six "packets" then somehow reassembles them?People without Windows Mail(VISTA) probably can not receive them.Any ideas how to get around this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 Have you got Windows Mail set up to break apart messages larger than a certain figure....?Go to :-> Tools> Accounts> Highlight your account> Select properties> Advanced> Untick "Break apart messages larger than " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjmorris Posted July 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Have you got Windows Mail set up to break apart messages larger than a certain figure....?Go to :-> Tools> Accounts> Highlight your account> Select properties> Advanced> Untick "Break apart messages larger than "It worked---Mahalo Nui Loa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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