25 MB limit on gmail/email sending to amazon kindle

kaynala · 08-27-2013, 10:39 PM

I have a file at 35MB that I'm trying to send, but gmail will not allow.
Has anyone come up with a work around?

kovidgoyal · 08-27-2013, 10:46 PM

Use a different email provider? Send the file via USB or with the content server?

kaynala · 08-27-2013, 10:49 PM

Thanks! I wasn't sure if anyone had a specific provider they knew to work

I'll just do a file transfer with it

kovidgoyal · 08-27-2013, 10:58 PM

Dunno, I run my own email server, so I haven't looked at providers in a while.

theducks · 08-27-2013, 11:06 PM

That file is huge.

I think both my ISP's block at 20.
Some Zip programs can split (when span floppy disks

was needed),
The problem is the device does not have a Zip join utility
Time for a hardwire OR use the content serve (the experimental browser on the K can access it)

AnotherCat · 08-28-2013, 12:46 AM

A possibility, which is ok for sending large attachments with emails, but I cannot comment on how the Kindle side would manage:

Yahoo mail allows you to send up to around 150MB attachments via Dropbox. You attach the file to your email and if it is over 25MB (I think it is) it asks you to sign into Dropbox (or to create an account there if not already held). Your email goes to the recipient and has a link to the Dropbox file; the recipient does not need a Dropbox account to retrieve it.

If the file is a book, I suspect this won't work direct from Calibre, but easy enough to handle outside of it, but as to whether the Kindle can pick files up from Dropbox I have no idea so is up to you to determine if interested.

Alternatively, if it is a .pdf file you can split it into smaller volumes easy enough and email each volume separately - the same with .epubs but I suspect not so easy with .mobi; but you could convert .mobi book to .epub, split it into smaller volumes and convert each volume back into .mobi volumes.

titansfan4242424 · 03-06-2015, 10:47 PM

Simple, download Amazon's Send to Kindle program and upload the ebooks from your PC or MAC. I believe the max upload for the kindle is 50 MB.

Here is the link to the program:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000719931

08-27-2013, 10:39 PM	#1
kaynala Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle	25 MB limit on gmail/email sending to amazon kindle I have a file at 35MB that I'm trying to send, but gmail will not allow. Has anyone come up with a work around? Last edited by kaynala; 08-27-2013 at 10:50 PM.

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08-27-2013, 10:46 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use a different email provider? Send the file via USB or with the content server?

08-27-2013, 10:49 PM	#3
kaynala Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: Kindle	Thanks! I wasn't sure if anyone had a specific provider they knew to work I'll just do a file transfer with it

08-27-2013, 10:58 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Dunno, I run my own email server, so I haven't looked at providers in a while.

08-27-2013, 11:06 PM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,047 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	That file is huge. I think both my ISP's block at 20. Some Zip programs can split (when span floppy disks was needed), The problem is the device does not have a Zip join utility Time for a hardwire OR use the content serve (the experimental browser on the K can access it)

08-28-2013, 12:46 AM	#6
AnotherCat .... Posts: 1,547 Karma: 18068960 Join Date: May 2012 Device: ....	A possibility, which is ok for sending large attachments with emails, but I cannot comment on how the Kindle side would manage: Yahoo mail allows you to send up to around 150MB attachments via Dropbox. You attach the file to your email and if it is over 25MB (I think it is) it asks you to sign into Dropbox (or to create an account there if not already held). Your email goes to the recipient and has a link to the Dropbox file; the recipient does not need a Dropbox account to retrieve it. If the file is a book, I suspect this won't work direct from Calibre, but easy enough to handle outside of it, but as to whether the Kindle can pick files up from Dropbox I have no idea so is up to you to determine if interested. Alternatively, if it is a .pdf file you can split it into smaller volumes easy enough and email each volume separately - the same with .epubs but I suspect not so easy with .mobi; but you could convert .mobi book to .epub, split it into smaller volumes and convert each volume back into .mobi volumes.

03-06-2015, 10:47 PM	#7
titansfan4242424 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: Cloud Kindle READER	Simple, download Amazon's Send to Kindle program and upload the ebooks from your PC or MAC. I believe the max upload for the kindle is 50 MB. Here is the link to the program: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000719931

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