Thunderbird and attachments

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Tue Jun 10 19:34:38 UTC 2008


Antonio M wrote:
> I am attaching images to be printed elsewhere. When they are received,
> sometimes they are not completed (a part of image is greyed).
> Shall I blameThunderbird or my ISP????
> 
> Tnx
> 


 From my experience, it would depend.  It could also be the mail client 
on the other end of the network.

I have never had issues with Thunderbird, but I may not be sending files 
as large as you are.

How large are the files?

How many files at a time?

Some ISP's have file size limits and others have limits on the amount in 
a mail box.  I know at work we have message size limits that are 
different between external and internal worlds.  Causes lots of problems.

If you can test, try different file sizes and see when you run into the 
limit.

Also making a rar or zip file could indicate a problem sooner.  Also 
with rar files, you can send repair files so the whole image doesn't 
have to be sent again.  Or if you find a file size limit, strip the file 
down to smaller parts and rebuild them on the other end.  Zip files can 
be repaired in many cases as well.


-- 
Robin Laing




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