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What Are The Attachment Size Limits of Major Email Providers

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Depending on your email provider it ranges from 5MB – 1GB max. Below is a list of the most recently known size limits for attachments. The list consists of the major email providers:

Remember, the entire purpose of SizableSend.com was to allow users a quick and efficient way to send/share large files – especially files larger than the meagar size limits listed below. It is also worth noting that the average user, about 60%, uses Sizable Send to send attachments smaller than the alloted amount of the major Email Providers. Sure they could be sending these smaller files via email but Sizable Send is 1000x times easier, not to mention faster.

Name

 

Storage

 

Attachment limit

         
AOL Mail   Unlimited   25 MB
         
Excite   1 GB   25 MB
         
Gmail   7.32 GB and counting   25 MB
         
Hushmail   2 MB (free), 2 GB + (premium)   2MB (free)
1GB (Premium)
         
Lavabit   128MB ($free,no adds) 1GB ($free, ads)   32-128MB
Message size varies according to option
         
Lycos   5 GB of storage   Unlimited
         
Mail.com   Unlimited   16 MB
     
MobileMe   20 GB/Unlimited MB shared between file storage
and email (user customizable ratio).
         
Mymailshare   Unlimited   20MB
         
MyWay   1 GB   25 MB
     
O2 Webmail   20MB
         
Opolis   Unlimited   125MB
         
Oi Mail   1 GB   20 MB
         
Rackspace Email   10GB   50 MB
         
Runbox   10 GB + 1 GB file storage   100 MB
         
Windows Live Hotmail
(replaced MSN)
  5 GB(initial, with “ever-growing storage”)   10 MB (basic)
20 MB
         
Yahoo! Mail   Unlimited   25 MB (basic with ads in interface and e-mails)
25 MB (Plus version)

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