Gmail Doubles Max Attachment Size to 20 MB

[tgpraveen]

Gmail Doubles Maximum Attachment Size to 20 MB

Gmail upgraded the maximum attachment size from 10 MB to 20 MB. Gmail was quite forgiving and you could send more than 10 MB in some cases, but now it's possible to send at least 20 MB in one message.

Of course, few mail providers will accept a such a big message, so it's safe to send messages bigger than 10 MB to other Gmail accounts, to Yahoo Mail Plus or to other premium accounts.

It would be nice if Gmail showed a progress bar for the upload and if uploading files to Gmail was faster and more reliable. But maybe we're asking too much.


SOURCE: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/200...ment-size.html

Do post reply whether this change will be helpful to you?

[hemant_mathur]

This is simply great. A better step than providing unlimited email space with low attachment size limit.

[karmanya]

god sending attachments on google sucks. takes me 20 mins for only 4 mb. thats why i use yahoo for attachment

[Zeeshan Quireshi]

Originally Posted by hemant_mathur

This is simply great. A better step than providing unlimited email space with low attachment size limit.

yup

[Third Eye]

Thats nice news

[tinku dhar]

awesome

[Choto Cheeta]

but will other service like Yahoo and Sify or Rediff will accept such huge attached emails ??

and what about forwarding them using Yahoo or Sify or Hotmail

[gauravakaasid]

^^me got the same doubt too, i dont think other mail services wich dont have 20mb attachment limit will be able to accept mails like these

[Ankur Gupta]

Anway even if they dont they will be pressurized to increase their own attachment size..
Atleast gmail to gmail we can send it and most of us have gmail accounts...

[goobimama]

This change will not help me but its nice to know that its possible, cause you never know when it will.

That progress bar/uploading tool would be really great.

[rakeshishere]

This News is Very Nice...Any Idea Why don't they just Make it Unlimited instead of increasing it from 10MB to 20 MB? OR Is it some delay of News
I want Unlimited Email space with Unlimited size attachment(Gmail Only)

[gary4gar]

INHO Doubles Max Attachment Size is better than Unlimited Email space

[ax3]

cool ......... its great news ...........

[anandk]

Originally Posted by rakeshishere

I want Unlimited Email space with Unlimited size attachment

same here; and all FREE i gusee others too will increase their limits...

[rakeshishere]

@anandk

I forgot to Mention about 2MB/S unlimited connection which i know i cant get it for "Free"

[The Unknown]

I saw this news on Gmail but didn't have time to post it here. Anyways, it's a gr8 news. But still i rarely send attachments via email. I just upload them to primeupload.com (upto 200mb) and send the link via email!

[redhat]

I use MS Outlook to send messages via Gmail. and sending msgs with large attatchments is really faster than over from the website.

Yes, the increase in attatchment size is of-course a boon for people like me who share files of size 20-30mb with friends over e-mail.
The worst part is, Gmail does not allow you to send an exe file, even after you archieve it. Most other e-mail providers let you send executables if they are archieved, but Gmail scans the archieves and stops you from sending exe files, I HATE THAT!!!

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by redhat

I use MS Outlook to send messages via Gmail. and sending msgs with large attatchments is really faster than over from the website.

Yes, the increase in attatchment size is of-course a boon for people like me who share files of size 20-30mb with friends over e-mail.
The worst part is, Gmail does not allow you to send an exe file, even after you archieve it. Most other e-mail providers let you send executables if they are archieved, but Gmail scans the archieves and stops you from sending exe files, I HATE THAT!!!

It is not so easy to cheat Google.

[tgpraveen]

just use winrar to rar it and send best method i have found to send exe.

[goobimama]

Or just change the extension of the file from exe to fuk, pre, bur, whatever...

[zyberboy]

With gmail it is not possible to send exe and some other extension,and changing the extension for evry attac is difficult,yahoo is better

[rakeshishere]

Not even a Single Mail service allows to attach .exe files..coz its disregarded after AV scan from Mail servers..and Gmail initially didn't allow zip files..

[zyberboy]

Originally Posted by rakeshishere

Not even a Single Mail service allows to attach .exe files.

No, Yahoo allows exe and other extensions as attachements

[faraaz]

Or if you are on Linux...xyz.plsrenamethistoexe ...

[The Unknown]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Or just change the extension of the file from exe to fuk, pre, bur, whatever...

This is not a good solution as if we are sending an exe attachment to a novice user, he will not undestand what to do. We geeks will easily know what to do if someone sends us such an email.