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PinkTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-26-05 10:18 PM
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Help! Need to send some files but they are too big!!!
I'm trying to send important emails to a client - two contracts and disclosures, and he doesn't have a fax machine. I scanned them into pdf files and reduced the file size, but they were still 1 megabyte or more. Some were 2 or more.
I thought maybe maczip would reduce them, but it only brought them down a fraction. Still won't go on the old dial up I have here.

any ideas???
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 12:09 AM
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1. burn them to a CD and overnight them to your client.
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PinkTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 11:49 AM
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2. Thanks - but that won't be fast enough
These are the kind of files that have to be send instantly.
I ended up having to hand deliver them.

But there ought to be a way to send these files without them being so big.

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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 03:32 PM
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3. Can you right click (control click) then create an archive of the
files. That will compress them. Try that.
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PinkTiger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 06:38 PM
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4. Thanks for the tip....
But it is still too big. It changed a 1.2 mb file to 1.1 mb.

!!!!
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-27-05 10:00 PM
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5. Break the document up into smaller segments and send them.
Good luck.

You could try sending it through something like http://mail2web.com You can get a gmail account and send it that way.

If you haven't got one I can recommend you. Just PM you e-mail address and I will set you up with an invitation.

If you are skittish about giving out your e-mail to strangers, use mail2web.com.
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-02-05 08:02 PM
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6. argh, not pdfs!
just scan and save as jpgs. MUCH smaller.
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LifeDuringWartime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 07:29 PM
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7. yousendit.com
up to 1GB and free

http://www.yousendit.com
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