it is just one file.
why would apple mail zip files and not tell you? i have never seen this as an 
issue before.

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> On Jan 21, 2014, at 11:34 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> If you have the file selected you can do a command-I to get info on the file 
> and the Size field will tell you how big it is. In general 10MB and under 
> should go through ok with most email providers. The internet standards for 
> MIME encoded attachments have no size limits but that doesn't mean one 
> service provider or another doesn't impose one. MIME also adds about a third 
> again of overhead so emailing a 3MB file will take about 4MB of space, 
> pushing you over the 10MB limit sooner. I know Outlook and some other email 
> clients have options to automatically zip attachments but I was unaware of 
> Apple Mail doing this. I have heard it will zip a folder. Are you attaching 
> the actual file or a folder of files?
> 
> CB
> 
>> On 1/21/14 5:27 PM, Jessica D wrote:
>> i have no clue, how would i find out?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 21, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Chris Blouch <cblo...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> How big are the files you are trying to send? Maybe something is trying to 
>>> 'help' you along the way by zipping the files.
>>> 
>>> CB
>>> 
>>>> On 1/21/14 5:04 PM, Jess wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am having extreme difficulty sending word and/or excel files to people 
>>>> who have older versions of windows. It sends them as .zip files instead of 
>>>> .xls, csv, or .doc. why could this be?
>>>> Jessica
>>>> I walk by faith, not by sight.
>>>> 2 Corinthians 5: 7
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