How to send large files using Outlook Express

Outlook Express has a terrific, but strangely, little known facility for splitting files and reassembling them in the recipient’s inbox. The person receiving the file must also be using Outlook Express or an email program that also has the facility.
You can set Outlook express to do this automatically:

1. Open Outlook Express and click on Tools. Open the accounts section and select your email account.
2. Select Mail, then Properties, and click the Advanced tab.
3. You’ll see a box with the words “Break apart messages larger than”. Put a check mark in the box and enter the maximum file size in the KB field. 1Mb is a good size for email.

What Outlook Express will do when you want to send (say) a 20Mb file, is to break it into 20 separate emails each with a 1Mb attachment which will be reassembled when received.

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