Outlook For Mac 2016 Attachment Size Limit

We are running exchange 2010 and few mac clients having issues sending attachment more than 10MB. For the same users they can use OWA and send the attachment without any issue. I searched the technet and found that i need to change MaxRequestLength in ExchangeWeb EWS folder and restart the IIS. It did not help, Mac client still have the issue. I can receive emails with attachments of any size; with an older computer with Outlook I can send attachments of any size using the same email-account; and the Apple 'Mail' program can send attachments of any size. I am using: Office 365 for Mac, Macbook Pro, El Capitan, Outlook 2016; email-account is POP3, T-Online. Look at Attachments Outlook limits the size of files you can send to 20 megabytes for internet accounts, such as Gmail or Hotmail, and 10 MB for Exchange accounts. If you receive an error message about the file size when you attempt to send an email, increase the size limit for Outlook. Mar 31, 2015 There is a 20 MB limit on the maximum attachment size in Outlook mail client (including the latest 2010 / 2013 versions). It doesn’t matter if a single large file or several small ones are attached — the total attachment size would not exceed 20 MB. Mar 02, 2018 Because Outlook can't query a SMTP for the maximum attachment size, it uses a default attachment limit of 20 MB (20480kb), which is about right for most ISPs. This limit eliminates the problem with stuck messages: If you try to send a message using SMTP, you get an NDR back into your Inbox telling you the message is too large.

Imagine this situation.

You have spent the last 3 agonizing days preparing a 60min presentation for your dissertation defense that runs into hundreds of megabytes.

Tired, but not giving up, you go for 30 minutes quick reversals, only to realize that you have less than 40 minutes to submit the presentation to a dozen, mean supervisors before the actual presentations begin.

You comfort yourself in that it will only take you a few seconds to attachment and send to your supervisors. So you hurriedly get back to your desk, open your Outlook, write down the email, attach and hit “SEND”. And, just before you yell “Yay!” you are greeted with this sickening “Attachment size exceeds the allowable limit” error?

So, you freeze. And your spirits die down.

That’s about how mean Outlook attachment size limit can be.

What is the file size limit for outlook attachments?

Outlook’s email client sets a maximum limit of 20 MBs for every email attachment for all versions. Whether you have attached a single mail or several of them, they won’t be delivered if they exceed the allowed attachment limit.

Why do email server providers limit the attachment size?

Theoretically, there is a limitation to the amount of data a person can be sent via an email. But in practices, most email services provide limit the size of attachments that are transmitted through their serves and email clients.

Outlook allows only 20MBs while other providers like Google and Yahoo mail limit the size of attachments to 25MBs.

Also, the email you send can’t be sent it the format you send it in. It must be encoded to email infrastructure friendly format.

This encoding increases the size of the email by 33%. That means if you send the email exactly 20MBs it will end up 27MBs. What does tell you? If you are sending your photographer a couple of photos for your wedding for editing, they might reach him.

So when you start sending over an email whose attachment exceeds the allowed limit, Outlook will suggest an alternative way – Microsoft’s OneDrive – to send your bulky attachment.

Can bypass these maximum email size limits in Outlook?

The quickest and simplest answer is NO. But, the good news is, there are workarounds that can help you send large-sized files to your recipients:

Microsoft Outlook Attachment Size Limit

1. Compress to trim the files to size

One of the easiest ways to fix this problem would be to resize the file. Compressing a file helps stave off about 20% of the original size of the file. If you are a Windows fanatic, open the folder containing the file you want to compress. Select the file, right-click on it and choose “compress”.
Installing tools like Weight Diet for Outlook ensures that all outgoing attachments are automatically so that they have more chances to “fit”.

2. Split the file(s) up into smaller sizes

What happens when the compressed file(s) still exceed the allowed attachment size limit?

You can take your time to split them into the small bit and send each of them individually. If you have for instance a file sized 21 MBs that is bogging you down, you can use a compression tool like 7-Zip that will allow you to split the file into three 7MBs pieces.

Outlook 2016 For Mac Attachment Size Limit

Why is it not good for you?

• It’s pretty time-wasting. You will have to spend a lot of time splitting up and sending the resulting files.
• You are giving more work to the recipients – the recipient must download the document, extract the files and piece up the presentation.

3. Hack registry to increase Outlook email limit

The good thing Outlook is that it allows you to increase the size of email attachment size limit. All those changes can be performed by editing entries related to Outlook from Windows Registry. So, put on your geek mode. If your email server supports large attachments (if you are sending through these self-hosted email services), here are the steps you need to follow to increase Outlook attachment size limit:

a) Press Windows + R keys simultaneously and type “regedit” to open the Registry Editor.

b) Depending on the version you are having find:

• ForOutlook2007- HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice12.0OutlookPreferences
• Outlook 2010- HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice14.0OutlookPreferences
• Outlook 2013 — HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftOffice15.0OutlookPreferences

c) In that branch, find and edit the value of Maximum Attachment Size by specifying your preferred attachment size limit. For instance, if you wanted to have the new limit as 100MB, you will edit the figure to 104200. Change the value to 0 if you want to effectively disable the email attachment limit in your Outlook.

Outlook 2016 Folder Limits

Now close the Registry Editor and fire your Microsoft Outlook. You can now attach files larger than 20MBs.

Note: If your recipient or your mail server doesn’t support the size of the email you are trying to send, your email won’t be sent. For example, if you are sending 20MB using Outlook account for a Gmail account, your recipient will receive it. However, your recipient won’t be able to forward it other addresses.

4. Send files via a cloud storage service

Using cloud-based storage and file-sharing services will help you to send too many (and too large) files easy.

Such services – Dropbox and OneDrive ( if you are using Outlook.com) – allow you to easily upload the files to the cloud and send the link to the file through email.

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