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eastender - 31 Jul 2008 11:05 GMT

Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
it keeps crashing.

thx

E.

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Jon B - 31 Jul 2008 11:19 GMT

> Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
> can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
> it keeps crashing.

Would it be better turning the folder into a single archive (zip) and
just emailing that?

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Andy Hewitt - 31 Jul 2008 11:20 GMT

> Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
> can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
> it keeps crashing.

It's probably trying to display them inline in the message.

Try 'zipping' them into an archive file first. Select all the files in
Finder (open the folder, then command-A), then control click and
Compress xx items (it may say Archive in Tiger, I can't remember now).

Then try sending the archive file instead.

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eastender - 31 Jul 2008 11:55 GMT

> > Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
> > can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
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> Then try sending the archive file instead.

Thanks - forgot about zip. Always too busy unzipping than zipping or
unraring than raring. Or unstuffing... etc.

Yes, it may be inline display but I thought dragging and dropping a
folder might work.

E.

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Andy Hewitt - 31 Jul 2008 12:09 GMT

> > > Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
> > > can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
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> Yes, it may be inline display but I thought dragging and dropping a
> folder might work.

I doubt it, it'll still try and attach all the files individually.
AFAIK, you can't send a folder at all, in any mail app.

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Jon B - 31 Jul 2008 14:23 GMT

> > > > Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
> > > > can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
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> I doubt it, it'll still try and attach all the files individually.
> AFAIK, you can't send a folder at all, in any mail app.

Entourage will automatically zip it if you try.

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Chris Ridd - 31 Jul 2008 11:36 GMT

> Does Mail (Tiger version) have a limit on the number of atacahments that
> can be sent? I'm trying to send a folder with about 300 small files but
> it keeps crashing.

Dunno, but that kind of number of attachments might be hard for the
recipient to manage anyway. Try zipping them up and sending the zip
file.

Cheers,

Chris

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