Except for that one time special thing, that's maybe a bit large for an everyday common email pic, maybe especially so if the person receiving it has dial up.

60k more or less is probably more of an expected norm on photo sharing.

Larger files might be best uploaded to your isp webspace and give a link to it in the email body or display as image with an img tag.

Many email servers do not the run full connect speed nor are most peoples upload speed terribly quick too.

I agree, 1.17mb's is way to big to send via email.
Use a picture resizer like Irfanview and reduce it to 800x600 pixels which equates to about 83kbs, then you will be able to send 5 or so per email without overloading anything

The only reason to send a photo file that large is if the recipient needs a picture with all the detail of the original for photo manipulation or printing. Reducing it as described will speed up attaching, the recipient will not have to waste time downloading and then looking at a possibly over-large photo, and the reduction in quality for viewing purposes will be essentially unnoticeable.

As for the second picture, many email providers limit attachments to 2 meg per email.

Ok- I see you all say it is a big pic- I thought that was small! I also use Yahoo, which I found out wasn't the best way to do it...
I will look at the 'infraview'.
thx

A place called 'resizr' might be easier for you than loading software.

http://www.resizr.com/

Try that if you want to reduce an image

I send files that are 5mb in size but it all depends on the system you are using and what their rules are.

They might specifically slow down your uploads so as to
manage their load on their servers. To them 1.17mb migth be a large file. To other servers 1.17 mb is not large.

And if you send Text it will attach about 2 to 5 times
faster because it can be compressed. While jpg and mp3 files can not be compressed. Neither can zip files be compressed. The compression is automatic during the attachment / upload process.

Try http://www.resizr.com/
and post back to let us know if it works for you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Resizr.com for resizing images

When you send jpg or image files with email it will convert it to text which adds lots of bytes and that takes computer handling time too before its actually sent.

Then at the other end they get un-mime it,, always processsing time and memory consumption to do it. So that 1.17mb image and email may very well be a 2mb file sent.

Might search 'Mime Smtp' ...it can be techy reading though, but is a simple way, for simple email.