trouble sending picture attached to email...

victoriav

I wonder if anyone could help please, I am trying to send a photo attachment, 4 photos,attached to an email. Usually no problem, and a message comes up "would you like to make the pictures smaller) and ordinarily I do. However this message hasn't even come up and the email predictably times out, - as it is too big for the email to send the photo's without making smaller. Why isn't that 'make pictures smaller' message popping up now I wonder?

NB I now seem to have 'picture package' which I didn't before, it was some other picture viewer package for my camera, which was superior, it just changed to this...once I'd got a new hard drive., though i don't think this came about immediately...it even doesnt let me view the pictures from the camera, everytime it just saves the lot....needlessly...could the 2 things be connected...?

macman

Why don't you just do it the simple way and send 4 emails, each with one photo attached? Hopefully that will reduce the file size sufficiently to let it send.
It's your ISP that imposes a restriction on emailing large files.
You don't say what software you are using, but normally right clicking gives you an option to compress the file for sending by email.

Zuzzie

Are you on Vista? if so, are you using Windows Photo Gallery to compose the email with the attachments? this should give you the choice of sizing the photos. Apologies in advance if you are already trying to do this.

zee_2

use google picasa ,its free ,does great job ,email ,alter,ect. used various versions to send pics via email ,never any trouble.

victoriav

Thanks zee,that's done the trick! the picasa...:j

zuzzie, no haven't got vista! just windows 2000 i think...is that the one before vista?

macman, it would not even allow me to send just one at a time, it even timed out with just the one...ie the downsize facility didn't come up as an option...and pic filled the whole screen and more was huge....software was 'picture package ' though previously it wasn't (can't remember the previous package name) and i dont know how that even came onto my computer , or is it microsoft that change it themselves on your computer...through windows? ISP is virgin media....by the way.

thanks everybody!!:beer: for your help., :Tmuch appreciated!

victoriav

zuzzie, i like that......

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Zuzzie

Thanks, glad you like it - feel free to copy it.
Yup, Vista was issued after Windows XP and then was overtaken by Windows 7. So I guess you havn't got the Windows Picture Gallery on 2000. Hope you've got it sorted now. Cheers.