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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

The size of the message you are trying to send exceeds the global size limit (1048576 bytes) of the server

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RosannaClark
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After updating to TBV45, I receive this error message when trying to send emails with attachments. The problem is not with my ISP as I can send the email using the web portal with no problem. I have been using TB for years and this is a new error message that we have not seen before when trying to send attachments up to 2 or 3Mb.

After updating to TBV45, I receive this error message when trying to send emails with attachments. The problem is not with my ISP as I can send the email using the web portal with no problem. I have been using TB for years and this is a new error message that we have not seen before when trying to send attachments up to 2 or 3Mb.

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Matt
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That error message comes directly from your providers server. Thunderbird is only the messenger. The message says the server will only accept messages less that 1 MB roughly. (A MB is not really as clear cut as folk think

1024 × 1024 byte kilobytes = 1048576 bytes