On November 17, 2018 3:28:26 AM HST, Greg Troxel <g...@lexort.com> wrote: >Honna Smal <deb...@mail.com> writes: > >> What is the maximum size for sending emails with large attachments? > >I am not sure that k-9 has a specific limit. But I sent things over 4 >MB, perhaps even close to 20 MB, fairly often, with no trouble. I've >been reading the k-9 mail list for years, and have not seen similar >reports of trouble. > >Keep in mind that a 3 MB file is a 4 MB attachment, more or less, with >base64 encoding. > >Mail servers have a configured size limit, as David said. But it would >seem odd, these days, for 4 MB to run afoul of that. > >> I could not email an attachment of over 4 MB via public wifi nor via >my own >> home wifi. > >To debug this, you need to look at the server logs, and see what the >server recorded. > >Also, set up adb and see what k-9 logs. > >You say "could not", but that is not specific enough. For people to >help you, you need to be describe more details, including the timeline >from pressing send and the precise error you received. > >You say "could not" about "public wifi" and "home wifi", but do not >mention cellular, or anything else. Do you mean "I tried those two >things, and can't readily try anything else, and I have never seen it >work"? > >You didn't explain if regular text mail works, and if you have tried >successively smaller attachments to find a magic size. Or if your mail >provider has a mail size limit.
Just guessing that Honna's trying to send using mail.com account, they say their size limit is 50MB: https://www.mail.com/mail/attachments-up-to-50-MB/499458-large-email-attachment-limit.html#more_capacity_mailcom_50_mb_email_attachment_limit >You also did not explain if you have set up another email provider and >tried that, or a different client (thunderbird on desktop) to see if >that has the same issue. > >> Strangely enough, those emails were removed from the Out map into the >Send >> map. So to me it looked as if the emails were actually send. Only >this >> appeared not to be the case. > >adb logs may be helpful. The message going from the Outbox to the Sent >folder is not proof that they actually were sent, but evidence that k-9 >thought they were accepted by the first-hop server. > >Overall, I suspect you will find a problem in the email service (or >perhaps a network which only allows limited-size connections??), and >not >in k-9. > >Greg David W. Jones gnomeno...@gmail.com wandering the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "K-9 Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to k-9-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
