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Question

E-mail memory

Jul 28, 2017 6:27AM PDT

I am trying to send an e-mail with a 159 MB Video, and when I click send, I get this message,
The message could not be sent.
There is not enough memory.

How can I rectify this?

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There are limits to how big an email can be.
Jul 28, 2017 8:09AM PDT
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Generally speaking...
Jul 29, 2017 7:14AM PDT

... You should limit email attachments to 5MB or less. Many email systems will allow neither sending nor receipt of an email message larger than 5MB.

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Why can others
Jul 29, 2017 7:25PM PDT

I get heaps of videos up to double what I am trying to send.
My question is, "Why can others do it, and not me"?

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most likely
Jul 29, 2017 7:34PM PDT

you are not getting the video but a link to the video.

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My turn
Jul 29, 2017 8:28PM PDT

OK, thanks everybody, I will go and work out this Drop Box thing.
Cheers.

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Well typically the error not enough memory
Jul 31, 2017 5:34AM PDT

means there is something on your PC causing the issue. If you using Outlook there is a file called outlook.dbx that needs to be deleted. Once that file is deleted a new one will be created. Typically if the attachment is too big you will get the message file size too big or something similar.