When you’re trying to send a file attachment in Outlook, you have two deal with two file attachment limits: the max limit enforced by your recipient’s mail server and the max attachment limit enforced by Outlook.
Like its previous versions, Outlook 2013 limits you to maximum 20 Mb per email attachments (no matter if it’s a single file or multiple files that count to 20 Mb). If you try to attach files greater than 20 Mb, you will receive the following Outlook error message:
Like its previous versions, Outlook 2013 limits you to maximum 20 Mb per email attachments (no matter if it’s a single file or multiple files that count to 20 Mb). If you try to attach files greater than 20 Mb, you will receive the following Outlook error message:
How to send files greater than 20 Mb with Outlook 2013
If you need to send files greater than 20 Mb, you have three solutions:
1. tweak your Windows registry to increase the Outlook allowed max file size (see this Microsoft article);
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2. upload the file(s) to a file sharing or cloud service (such as DropBox, iCloud or SkyDrive) and email the download link instead of the actual files;
3. compress the file attachment using a compression utility like WinZip or WinRAR. Even better, you can use Bells & Whistles for Outlook in order to automatically compress all attachments to outgoing emails, so you don’t have to manually compress each attachment.
Please note that, even if you increase the max allowed file size from the Windows registry, it may be useless because a large file attachment will anyway be rejected by the mail server of the person receiving it. Most email servers allow between 10 and 30 Mb per incoming email.
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You maybe get a warning in Outlook that the allowable attachment size is exceeded though you have defined a higher value in Kerio Connect as the attachment you wish to send.
The problem is in Outlook 2010 itself, not a Kerio Outlook Connector Offline Edition (KOFF) specific issue. You find a solution in the following Microsoft article in the section 'Resolution > Internet email account' You can either download the Microsoft Fixit Tool or tweak your registry.
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The problem is still present in Outlook 2013!
Details how to fix it can be found in Microsoft Knowledge base: http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2813269