Instantly Compress Files You Send Via E-Mail
Cut your transmission times and avoid ISP limits on file sizes.
Preston Gralla
If you have fat files that you need to send via e-mail, your ISP--and every other ISP on the planet--disdains you. As often as not, they'll block any file or group of files that you try to send if it exceeds a predetermined size.
You can use the compression built into Windows (or a third-party compression app such as the $30 WinZip 11) to zip them before you send them, but that process takes too many steps. Outlook, Outlook Express, Vista's Windows Mail, and most other e-mail programs offer a simpler way.
First, create your message and click the attachment icon. Then select all of the files you want to attach, and right-click the group (or the single file, if you're sending just one). Next choose Send To, Compressed (zipped) Folder. A new zip file containing compressed versions of the selected files will be created. Windows automatically gives this version the same name as the first file in the group, but with the '.zip' extension. Rename the file if you like, and then select the file, click Insert, and send it on its merry way.
If you use Outlook and are willing to pay a little cash, you can use the $20 WinZip Companion for Outlook, which zips all of your attachments on the fly as you send them.
Preston Gralla
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