Yahoo! Groups News: Increased File Size!
Just a heads up that the maximum file size that can be attached to a message has been increased from 1.5 megabytes to 15 megabytes.
Have a great weekend!
Best,
Jami
Groups Community Manager
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Marcus said,
August 1, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
This is good news. The members of my group like to share photos and animations. They have a hard time keeping the message size under the limit.
Marcus
Sue in NJ said,
August 1, 2008 @ 12:18 pm
WHY??
Doesn’t Yahoo realize that there are MANY people still on dial-up, even still on ISP’s with limited inbox space, and even one 15-meg message will not only take over an hour to download (On a *good* day!) but will immediately put the subscriber in Bounce status? I have so many users on dial-up (myself included) that on all my lists that do allow HTML/Rich text we have a rule that no stationary file can exceed 250k in size, and if a file is 1 meg or above to put it in the File section so everyone can have access to it, not just the people on Individual messages.
Please, don’t do this! If you want to increase file allowances, let it be in the File section, not in messages themselves.
Mel said,
August 1, 2008 @ 12:38 pm
I am hoping this problem will be resolved SOON but apparently people cannot log in and the login page just keeps refreshing!! How long till this is repaired!
jonathon said,
August 1, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
Does anybody else find it ironic that one can send a larger file to the list, than can be uploaded to the file area of the list?
I’d much rather spend time deleting “obsolete” files, than dealing with complaints by list members, that their e-mail account has been rendered non-functional, because of the size, and number of attachments that are sent.
xan
jonathon
Penny said,
August 1, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
This is great news..Picture files are getting bigger.. keeping them under the limit was getting more and more difficult.. this is really help full to my group.
Chichigirl said,
August 1, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
I think this is fantastic news. Groups can make their own rules on how many MB’s can be attached to their sends. Dialup users also have to consider that us High Speed Internet connections have paid to have this type of convience, times are changing and growing.
Nubia said,
August 1, 2008 @ 4:29 pm
WoW so great news i applaudize
lovez and regards
Nubia, owner Nubia_group
Terry said,
August 1, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
This is good news as a couple of groups where I am a member,regularly use photo download sites that require tedious and unworkable log in systems, this latest modification might encourage them to send them direct to the group.
I would prefer that moderators use the groups files area to send files, but with the return of the attachment storage function,at least I will see the attachment,instead of the attachment not stored message.
Bill Belanger said,
August 2, 2008 @ 10:55 am
How can I duplicate a database? I’ve tried “saving as” using a different name and copy and paste in the Handbase folder then changing the name of the copy, all to no avail. I suppose handbase must use some type of serial number to identify databases and not the name?
Yakhub said,
August 2, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
wow awesome, was waiting for this announcement like for ages, atleast 5yrs, since my group was started!!!, thanks, must had announced that earlier!!!!.
Debiannj said,
August 2, 2008 @ 12:08 pm
Just curious - why 15 MB? I thought that free email (yahoo, hotmail etc) could only send 10 MB.
Chichigirl - being a little arrogant there? Dialup people are paying for their service too. Just because you can afford broadband doesn’t mean everyone can. There are less and less dialup people these days as broadband gets cheaper, but that still does not mean that you have to demand something at the expense of someone else.
I think that in addition to putting the number of messages on that grid on the home page, perhaps if yahoo groups puts an average message size, it might help those on dialup to choose the right list for them.
Debi
Yolanda Wright said,
August 2, 2008 @ 8:42 pm
I feel so blessed to have found this site.
A sister from an old church recommended it to me.
I feel like it will help me big time on a book I am trying to write in four years.
So, thanks.
Mars DeLapp said,
August 3, 2008 @ 12:50 am
This is bad news. Many groups totally ban attachments. One group that I am a member of used to allow attachments but has switched to no attachments due to the new enormous size allowed.
The ability to add attachments is convenient but large attachments cause problems for some people, and attachments are not available for web only and digest group members.
If you ask me, the best solution to this problem requires Yahoo to fix it.
All attachments should be stored so people with web only and digest settings can download a copy of the attachments. The messages on the web site and in the digest should contain a link to the attachment
User accounts should have a setting so users can choose if they want to receive attachments and up to what size. If the attachment exceeds the maximum size they want to receive, the attachment should be stripped and replaced with a link to the attachment.
Please Yahoo, step up to the plate and fix this.
Betty said,
August 3, 2008 @ 6:23 am
The above recommendation is an excellent solution which gives users a way to set it up that works for their individual needs and capabilities of their computer while not forcing others to do it their way.
MrH said,
August 3, 2008 @ 4:46 pm
Places have 15 mb’s or more available so it’s only logical that it be cranked up a notch or two. Thanks Yahoo for the upgrade.
joko said,
August 4, 2008 @ 1:42 am
The above recommendation is an excellent solution which gives users a way to set it up that works for their individual needs and capabilities of their computer while not forcing others to do it their way.
regards
joko
crew671 said,
August 4, 2008 @ 11:18 am
While I understand the issue some have with a larger attachment size, 1.5MB was just too small. We use PDF format for a lot of our groups attachments and it was sometimes a bit of a pain to try to keep a PDF under 1.5MB. A limit of 3MB would have been fine for our group but 15MB works too.
ajantha said,
August 4, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
I feel this is the best way to know about globle news
Aieerick said,
August 5, 2008 @ 5:15 am
Very good. sometimes I want to share a video file that is over 5mb large.
Sonu said,
August 5, 2008 @ 10:40 am
Jami
thats agreat news. atleast we will be a ble to share pictures which have big sizes. or clips of our voices/videos
Thanks
Yadira said,
August 7, 2008 @ 8:31 pm
That is GREAT!
CYRUS MALAOWALA said,
August 10, 2008 @ 2:32 am
THIS IS FANTASTIC…JAMI …!!!
Now we have freedom to create mails with HTML, attachments and designs.
Thanks.
—CYRUS—
CYRUS MALAOWALA said,
August 10, 2008 @ 2:37 am
THANKS,.. JAMI..!!
NOW MY GROUP - HAVE-A-HEART CAN RECIEVE MY LARGE CREATIVE MAILS WITH BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS AND ATTACHMENTS.
—CYRUS—
( OWNER/MODERATOR )
HAVE-A-HEART GROUP
Yuksel aslan said,
August 10, 2008 @ 3:04 am
Sounds Good…………perfect news….
Jeanie Salyer said,
August 10, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
As a Yahoo Group owner/moderator (CrazyCardMakers), I don’t allow attachments, and we use the Photos and Files to share photos/information not included in posts.
As a user, affordability is not the only reason some people don’t have anything better than dial-up for internet access. In my case, living in a remote location means limited connectivity other than established phone lines.
Bret said,
August 12, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
I tried to upload some files today for the first time since this announcement and the site keeps timing out. The files are PDFs <1M
The timeout is occuring form multiple PCs, locations and ISPs
Any thoughts?
mercy evans said,
August 16, 2008 @ 5:49 am
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surekha reddy said,
August 18, 2008 @ 3:40 am
It’s very good see that alots of people visiting yahoo and by being a member of this yahoo groups I am very happy. Some of our favourite groups are
Kim★KwanYong said,
August 19, 2008 @ 12:07 am
Welcome to a foreigner.!
Blg said,
August 19, 2008 @ 5:40 am
May the moderators choose the limits for their group by an management option?
Michael Logies said,
August 20, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
Administrators should get a function to limit the size of attachments to a size chosen by them. 15 MB ist much too big and only fosters silly uses of email.
fox den said,
August 30, 2008 @ 2:29 am
I’m on dail up and i have np downloading large attatchments so why cry alligator tears over it how large an attatchment is so what if takes a few mins longer to download.
VIJAY SONI said,
September 1, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
THANK YOU SIR
krishna kumar kurrey said,
September 4, 2008 @ 2:09 am
Hi, I am krishna kurrey BCA (II)
Kenny said,
September 12, 2008 @ 11:27 pm
This is great news!! I have been waiting for this happen for quite awhile now.
Dial-up users get with the program………..
Allen Trinh said,
September 13, 2008 @ 10:09 pm
15MB file size is a great news (as Google Group did it). Let’s forget
the dial up connection, few percentages of people now s till using
this type of very classical technology, please move forward to the modern era of internet.
Thank you Yahoo Group so much for this offer : much more convenient and
more saving the bandwidth to the world (if everyone send large attachments
to many recipients in a big list of emails !)
Al
Ed Gould said,
October 24, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
Am I miss remembering this or did this feature get deleted?
At one time there was a facility to turn moderation on/off for a user. I just went to turn it on for a user who was abusing YAHOO and I could not find it. I had no other option other than to unsubscribe him. If I am mis-remembering this could we add this to the long list of features needed, please?
Ed
Administrator said,
November 5, 2008 @ 5:51 pm
Ed,
You can either change your posting options so that all messages are moderated, (Done under the Management menu > Messages > Postings & Archives (Edit) )
Or, you can unsubscribe him as you mentioned.
-Melissa