How to Send Large Files Using Yahoo Mail Account?

 With a Yahoo Mail account, you not only can send emails to recipients but also files, documents, audios, and videos. While you can send almost any type of file using your Yahoo Mail account, there is a restriction on the size of the file you can send in a single email. The total of all attached files in a single email, be it for incoming or outgoing email, the size must not exceed 25 MB in total file size. In case you have a file with more than 25 MB size, you will not be able to send using your Yahoo Mail account the way you generally send using the file attachment option. Though you can’t send large files in Yahoo Mail using the usual way, there are workarounds that can help you do so easily. To know how to send large files using your Yahoo Mail account, follow the information provided below.

Ways to Send Large Files in Yahoo Mail

1.     Compress the File

One of the easiest ways to send a large file using your Yahoo Mail account when it’s exceeding the limit is to simply compress it. When you compress a file using a compressing software, it shrinks the size of the file to a significant extent. So, it is recommended to consider compressing the file and ensure that it is well within the permitted 25 MB size. Once you are done compressing the file, you can easily attach the file the same you do for any regular file attachment.

While the compressing file allows you to shrink the size of any file you process through compression software, however, if the size of the file is 500 MB for example, you might not be able to shrink its size to less than 25 MB. Generally, a File Compression is able to reduce the size of a file to a maximum of 90% (depending on the file type). This means that you can only shrink up to a certain size of files. If you are unable to shrink the size of the file using the compression software, you can go to the next workaround.

2.     Use Google Drive or Dropbox

If the compression software doesn’t help you reduce the size of the file, you can consider using the Google Drive or Drop Box option. With Google Drive or Drop box, you can easily transfer files even that are in multiples of Gigabytes. All you need to do is upload the file that you wish to send through the Yahoo Mail account to a Google Drive or Drop Box. To know how to upload a file and send a file using your Yahoo Mail account, follow the instructions provided below.

To Upload a File on Google Drive

·         Open a web browser on your computer and go to drive.google.com (https://drive.google.com/)

·         Once you are on the Google Drive page, you will need to click on the New option and then on the File Upload or Folder Upload option.

·         Next, you will need to select the file and folder which you wish to upload.

·         Alternatively, you can also drag files into Google Drive. For this, you will just need to open or create a folder and drag the desired files into the Google Drive folder.

To Upload a File on Dropbox

·         Open a web browser on your computer and open Dropbox sign-in page (https://www.dropbox.com/login).

·         Once you are on the sign-in page, enter your login credentials to access your Dropbox account.

·         In your Dropbox account, if you wish to upload files, select the Files option, and upload as many files you wish by clicking on the Open option.

·         Similarly, if you wish to upload a folder, select Folder and click on the Upload option.

Now once you have uploaded the file or folder to your Google Drive or Dropbox account, you will need to go to your Yahoo Mail account and ensure that your Google Drive and/or Dropbox account is linked with your Yahoo Mail account. If you have not linked your accounts yet, you can follow the steps provided below to link them.

·         Sign into your Yahoo Mail account and click on the Settings option located near the top-right corner of the screen.

·         In the expanded menu, you will need to click on the More settings option located at the bottom.

·         In the More settings section, you will need to click on the Writing email option located in the left-hand side panel.

·         In the Writing email section, you will need to click on the Connect option next to Google Drive and/or Dropbox option and follow the on-screen prompts to connect your respective accounts.

Once you have connected your Google Drive and/or Dropbox account to your Yahoo Mail account, you can follow the below-mentioned steps to send a large file using your email account.

·         Sign into your Yahoo Mail account and click on the Compose button located on the left-hand side panel.

·         In the Compose window, enter the recipient’s email address, subject, and message in the relevant fields.

·         Then, to attach the large file, you will need to click on the Hairpin icon located next to the Send button in the bottom section. This will open the following options on your screen:

o   Share files from Google Drive

o   Share files from Dropbox

o   Attach files from recent emails

·         From the given options, you will need to select the files from Google Drive if you wish to upload a large file from your Google Drive account or select Share files from the Dropbox option if you want to upload the file from your Dropbox account.

·         Once you are done attaching the file from your Google Drive and/or Dropbox account, you can click on the Send button.

·         The recipient will receive a link to download and access the file directly from your Google Drive or Dropbox account irrespective of the size.

So, these are the ways that can help you if you can’t send large files using your Yahoo Mail account. So if you are getting any issue contact Yahoo customer service help number to fix your account.