Diane:  Suggest you scan it at about 75 to 100dpi.  That will reduce the size of the file and you can e-mail it then.  That is what I scan my photos at for my web site. George gebasden@worldnet.att.net <http://www.basden.com/>http://www.basden.com ---------- From: Diane McClure-Lottby way of Genealogy Records Service <info@genrecords.com> <jlott@pacbell.net> To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Scanner saved as ?? Date: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 4:06 PM When I save a scanned photo, its contents are too large to email.  (Or at least that is the message sent back to me with the returned mail warning.)  Is there a way of saving this scanned data in a compressed (?) format, sending it and having the recipient decompressing it?(?) ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== If you need to unsubscribe to GenTips email the command: unsubscribe To: GenTips-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com DON'T send it to GenTips-L that won't work! ----------