> it sounds like you are scanning the photo to big. do you have an option > to scan at a lower resolution. How big are the photo's you have scanned. > be careful, you may run out of room on your hard drive with giant pictures. > > Peggy > (WinZip) hardly reduced the size of> the photo file at all and the server > got indigestion trying to send the huge> file and gave up half way through. There are no options for scanning to a smaller file size. I've looked. Easch photo comes out over 1MB, usuelss for emailaing. I'm already on the border line of having amost no room left on my hard drive, to install this new machine I had to put the installation files om my data drive (my drive is partioned into C for programmes andb D for data) genlistlass, UK --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.736 / Virus Database: 490 - Release Date: 09/08/2004

Many graphics programs allow the user to change the size of scanned photos. If you have any kind of graphics/photo program, you might check it out for resizing options. Whenever I've purchased a scanner, it has included a CD with a graphics program on it. Ditto with printer purchases. Good luck. Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "genlistlass" <genlistlass@hotmail.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:06 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] sending photos by email? > > > it sounds like you are scanning the photo to big. do you have an option > > to scan at a lower resolution. How big are the photo's you have scanned. > > be careful, you may run out of room on your hard drive with giant > pictures. > > > > Peggy > > (WinZip) hardly reduced the size of> the photo file at all and the server > > got indigestion trying to send the huge> file and gave up half way > through. > > There are no options for scanning to a smaller file size. I've looked. Easch > photo comes out over 1MB, usuelss for emailaing. > > I'm already on the border line of having amost no room left on my hard > drive, to install this new machine I had to put the installation files om my > data drive (my drive is partioned into C for programmes andb D for data) > > genlistlass, UK > > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.736 / Virus Database: 490 - Release Date: 09/08/2004 > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >