it is just one file. why would apple mail zip files and not tell you? i have never seen this as an issue before.
Sent from my iPhone > 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 >>> -- >>> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.