Maximum MobileMe message size

  • Last Modified: July 10, 2008
  • Article: HT2069
  • Old Article: 52335

Summary

You can send and receive email messages up to 20 MB in size with your MobileMe Mail account.

Products Affected

MobileMe Mail

The 20 MB limit on message size includes the text of the message as well as any attachments. If you are sending an attachment that is nearly 20 MB in size, it may become too large once it has been encoded for transmission.

If you are using your Internet service provider's (ISP) SMTP servers to send your MobileMe messages, check with the ISP for their servers' limitations. Some ISPs may have a small size limit, such as 5 MB.

If you can't make the attachment small enough to send it through MobileMe, you can use your iDisk to share the file. You can create a FileSharing webpage or ask your recipient to open your iDisk Public folder to access the file. (Your recipient can open your iDisk Public folder from either a Mac or a PC.)

If you plan on receiving attachments, you may wish to have the sender contact his or her ISP to find out if there is a maximum size for an email or attachment. If your sender is hampered by the limit, you can let the sender copy a file to the Public folder of your iDisk.

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