Gmail's limit?

leisuresuitlary · 25 Jul 2004, 05:32 PM

Does Gmail have a send/recive message size limit?

Larry

Killer · 25 Jul 2004, 05:53 PM

Probably 10mb.

leisuresuitlary · 25 Jul 2004, 06:04 PM

Don't want to push you Killer, but is it 10Mb or is it not!

Larry

Killer · 25 Jul 2004, 08:08 PM

According to this post, it is 10mb. http://www.emaildiscussions.com/...190#post232190

mafee · 27 Jul 2004, 09:55 PM

10MB is more than enough for me

Terminal · 28 Jul 2004, 12:28 AM

It's Difficult to imagine any file send that could exceed 10mb at a time excluding large media files. Even if you wanted to send these large files you could zip and split the files into sendable 'chunks'.

waassy · 28 Jul 2004, 01:20 AM

I've tried to send from/to my gmail account with attachment ~9 mb. I doesnt works. It keeps saying over the allows attachment size. So... attached file less than 9mb to be on the save size.

waassy

Aeneas · 28 Jul 2004, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by waassy
I've tried to send from/to my gmail account with attachment ~9 mb. I doesnt works. It keeps saying over the allows attachment size. So... attached file less than 9mb to be on the save size.

waassy

It relates to the fact that encoded attachment is about 30% larger (3 bytes are encoded as 4 bytes). The limit is still 10M but 10M is referred to encoded value. Real limit is about 6M.

LrdVader · 28 Jul 2004, 02:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aeneas
It relates to the fact that encoded attachment is about 30% larger (3 bytes are encoded as 4 bytes). The limit is still 10M but 10M is referred to encoded value. Real limit is about 6M.

Base64 encoding increases file size by 1/3, so that would put the actual limit on unencoded file size around 7.5mb.

25 Jul 2004, 05:32 PM	#1
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	Gmail's limit? Does Gmail have a send/recive message size limit? Larry

25 Jul 2004, 05:53 PM	#2
Killer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,762 Representative of: Killer.kkk.sg	Probably 10mb.

25 Jul 2004, 06:04 PM	#3
leisuresuitlary Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: UK Posts: 168	Don't want to push you Killer, but is it 10Mb or is it not! Larry

25 Jul 2004, 08:08 PM	#4
Killer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,762 Representative of: Killer.kkk.sg	According to this post, it is 10mb. http://www.emaildiscussions.com/...190#post232190

27 Jul 2004, 09:55 PM	#5
mafee Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 6	10MB is more than enough for me

28 Jul 2004, 12:28 AM	#6
Terminal Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 10	It's Difficult to imagine any file send that could exceed 10mb at a time excluding large media files. Even if you wanted to send these large files you could zip and split the files into sendable 'chunks'.

28 Jul 2004, 01:20 AM	#7
waassy Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 17	I've tried to send from/to my gmail account with attachment ~9 mb. I doesnt works. It keeps saying over the allows attachment size. So... attached file less than 9mb to be on the save size. waassy