How To Email Large Files Using Any Email Program or Service

☀️ Trying to email large files as attachments is typically a bad idea as your mail is likely to not be delivered. I'll look at alternatives.

Emailing large files
Exactly what is large will vary depending on your email provider, but most have size limits on what you can send. By far the best alternative is to place the file in a cloud service like Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, or others, and then include a link to the file stored online in your email.

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Chapters
0:00 Email large files using any email program
1:02 What’s “large”?
1:35 Large files were never part of the plan
2:06 Emailing large files by uploading
2:55 Upload where?
4:38 Onedrive options
5:33 Email a link
8:08 Other alternative upload locations

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