Don’t send too large messages
Sometimes I add attachments which are too large to send and the message will hang in my Outbox.
I know my ISP has a limit of 10MB but I sometimes get too excited with adding large pictures or other stuff.
Is there any way I can work around this so that I don’t get any Send/Receive errors and have to pry them out of the Outbox?
You can create a rule that checks if the message is larger than 10240KB and if it is to postpone the message by 120 minutes. This will allow you enough time to cancel the message.
Creating the Rule
To create a rule choose Tools-> Rules and Alerts. In Outlook 2010 you can do this via File-> Manage Rules & Alerts. Make sure you start with a blank rule and choose the option to check message after sending.
The whole message rule could be like this;
- Apply this rule after I send the message
- with a size at least 10240 and at most 999999 kilobytes
- defer delivery by 120 minutes
Note: 1MB (megabyte) is 1024KB (kilobyte), so in our example 10MB is 10240 kilobyte
Setting the attachment size in Outlook 2010
In Outlook 2010, there is another way to do this and that is by changing a Registry key. For more information about this solution see; Increase attachment size limit
Note: If you have message hangs in the Outbox see; Message stuck in Outbox
