I am still studying your message and considering what to try.
I looked at the GED file in my FTM program. It is only 5MB
whereas the regular file was 12MB.
I have not had a reply message from my correspondent yet but I
received a message failure notice stating that it was not delivered. It
seemed authentic and not one of those SPAM trick messages.
I also opened the GED in Works. It is 4022 pages.
Cheers,,,,,,,,,Don Firsdon
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On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 11:13:56 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Don
Firsdon) wrote:
Hello,
Recently, I attempted to send my entire Family tree Maker data
file to someone as a GED attachment in e-mail.
The file contains 9800 names and extensive notes for some
individuals. The file size is over 12 MB.
The message was not delivered. I suspect it was too large. My
transmission took 17 minutes.
Is there another way that I can e-mail this file??? I use
Juno 5.0 and dial up Internet.
Don Firsdon in KY
Don,
For less than 10000 names and a 12 MB FTW file, your GEDCOM shouldn't
be too large to mail. Are you sure you actually generated a GEDCOM?
It's fairly easy to mistakenly generate a native FTM file when trying
to export a GEDCOM. If it is truly a GEDCOM, you can open it with a
word processor and simply read it. If it is a GEDCOM and is too large for
either your mail system, or
your recipient's mail system, try zipping it. This makes the file
smaller by eliminating wasted file space, while retaining all the
data.
Also, since it's really just a plain text file, you can try splitting
it in two parts.... just be sure to tell whoever you're sending it to
how to put them back together in a text editor before trying to import
it.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/