On 2026-03-24 at 11:15:21 UTC-0400 (Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:15:21 +0000)
mat via mailmate <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:
Hello,
I want to send a 32mb Video, compressed it’s the same size.
When I attach it, it’s all the sudden more 10mb bigger.
What makes it bigger? Base64 encoding?
Yes.
Any encoding done to send binary files in email will add ~1/3 to the
file size. Base64 is the most common but the same thing happens with
UUCode or BinHex.
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