catgate Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 I have just tried to send an .AVI as an email attachment and it tied up the works. I had to restart the machine and delete it, before I could send the message to which it was attached. The .AVI was a video from a Fuji Finepix SLR.Is this yet another example of my sheltered upbringing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Depends how you're sending it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rong Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 No idea, but how big was the mail, or was it to big for your Email allowance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Depends how you're sending it.As an atachment to an email.rongNo idea, but how big was the mail, or was it to big for your Email allowanceIt was just a short note and 128Mb of .avi. I am sure I have sent and received much bigger packets.Thunderbird just seemed to stall. The send/recieve progress bar started and after a couple of seconds it stopped. It then repeated the process and stopped again and everything just locked up. A push on the reset button and the system rebooted and I tried again, with exactly the same results.After resetting and restarting everything seems to be back to normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Try this , tools, options, general, advanced and set the connection timeout from 60 to 300 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 It was just a short note and 128Mb :0 of .avi. I am sure I have sent and received much bigger packets.Most ISPs I have come across have a 10MB limit for attachments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Depends how you're sending it.As an atachment to an email.I meant, in an email client or on a website.You could try uploading it somewhere and sending a download link to the file if you can't get it working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Thanks Alan.Boris and HbKai.Alan....I am using Ubuntu.Boris.. I was frightened it might be that, but I could not understand why the thing got so knotted up as it did, and I feel I have had bigger packets ...but could I be thinking KB rather than MB? and have they been "attachments"?HbKai...I shall have to try that.What exasperates me is that all the ISPs promise us the world to get us to sign up with them and then they try to restrict our usage of the facility.Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Are email attachments still limited if you use a website like hotmail.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Sorry Catgate I forgot, ( a senior moment)For the Linux version.Edit, Preferences, General, Advanced, Network & Disk Space, then reset the timer from 60 to 300.As said above i think your problem is the 10MB limit on e-mails. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Sorry Catgate I forgot, ( a senior moment)Think nothing of it Alan...I seem to live a senior life.I have consigned this matter to the archives and dashed forth on "new adventures"....it will be tea time soon, so Iwill have to go and find my teeth!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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