The good news is that the GMail team has increases the maximum allowable limit of the attachment size to 25 MB from the previous limit of 20 MB. This is obviously nice to hear since GMail users can pass on files/data upto 25mb per email easily without having to look for third party file sharing websites like Rapidshare.
But the catch here is that you may not be able to send larger attachments to contacts who use other email services with smaller attachment limits!!
“With Gmail, you can send and receive messages up to 25 megabytes (MB) in size. Please note that you may not be able to send larger attachments to contacts who use other email services with smaller attachment limits. If your attachment bounces, you should invite them to Gmail“.
Did you read the part in BOLD? Doesn’t it look like a cheese to trap the mouse? Even though GMail is gaining popularity over the last few years, it is still lagging behind Yahoo Mail and Hotmail. This might be a trick to entice new users using other popular eMail services into GMail by offering bigger attachments!
The search is monopolized, the ad-space over the world is monopolized and now the eMail service space? Way to go Google!
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June 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
A better trick to attract more and more into Gmail; however I think the ones who comes into Gmail will never leave it as there’s no other email service to match with the available feature set.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Thanks for the update…
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Well, they are trying to sell their email service but how can they send an attachment that is too large for the service on the other end?
September 9th, 2009 at 5:27 am
I think Gmail is WAY better than any of the other free web mails out there….
September 16th, 2009 at 12:56 am
A Lie.
Gmail is still limiting attachments to 20mb.
September 16th, 2009 at 7:56 am
I didn’t know even Google lies
December 6th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Well, it’s a natural respond issnt it? there is not a catch or anything bad about this. eg if you want your friend to eat a cake you baked, you either bring it to them or they come to you… there is no other way around it..
similarly, if gmail provides a 25mb file limit attachement, and the person you want to send to uses an email account that doesnt accept 25mb file size, then they would have to sign up for an account that can accept 25mb files! be it hotmail, yahoo, or yep you guessed it.. gmail.
December 12th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
it is still lagging behind Yahoo Mail and Hotmail
how is that?
December 21st, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Hmm, I was expecting something meaning here with “the catch”. As Eric above indicated, if another mail server is putting a limit on the attachment size that it’s willing to accept, who’s to blame, Gmail? Where’s the catch in this? There’s nothing evil or sinister about producing a better, richer product. If it weren’t for gmail, we’d still be stuck with crummy limits like 2MB mailbox sizes by the likes of Yahoo.
January 8th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
lemme get this straight. Google offers a free service which provides a superior product (i.e. 25mb is better than 20mb) and you chastise them for it? If anything this should spur competition among the other services and force them to match. This is better for all consumers in the end. Unless youre a commie pinko socialist!!!
January 14th, 2010 at 9:09 am
Raju,
You need a vacation!!.. How is gmail lagging behind?!!.. and why are you complaining about being able to send 25 MB when you should be celebrating?!..
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March 1st, 2010 at 12:44 am
If Gmail sends a 20 mb email to a yahoo account that can only accept 15mb emails and it get’s refused…..who’s fault is that? This isn’t gmail’s fault.
What, you expect Gmail to override the settings on other company’s servers?
Did you think about this post before you wrote it?