Gmail Maximum Attachment Size

[dlawo...@gmail.com]

I found out that I can attach up to 20MB attachment when sending
Gmail. I attempted to send about 13MB of email. However, the mail
keeps not going out. Is there any rules on SMTP server on email
receipt that might prevent the email transmission from going out?

[Zack (Doc)]

By "not going out" are you getting an SMTP error?

Also, it's important to note that Google said a 20MB "message size"
not "attachment size", so it's 20MB counting attachment and all text
of the e-mail.

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[Andrew Ingraham]

> Also, it's important to note that Google said a 20MB "message size"
> not "attachment size", so it's 20MB counting attachment and all text
> of the e-mail.

Also most files "grow" in size while attached to emails because they are
encoded (typically uuencode or base64) to allow the binary data to pass
through the email system.

Andy

[Elihu]

I would add that attachment sizes tend to grow when they are encoded in a message.