Sending a file through an email could be easy and difficult at the same time. If it is a zip file then you might be wondering how you can send a zip file through email (Gmail) and would it really be readable to the recipient you are sending it to?
If so, then stay with us till the end as in this article, we will discuss and learn how to send zip files through Email/Gmail or through any other email service easily.
Most of the email services have size limits on sending files to the recipients. Gmail, Yahoo, and AOL have a size limit of 25MB per mail. Outlook however limits it only to 10MB.
If you are using Gmail’s email service then Gmail simply uploads the files to Google drive and sends the files as drive’s link where the recipients can download and view them.
As convenient as Gmail’s file processing seems it can also be problematic as the person you are sending the files through Gmail may not know about Google Drive.
So to bypass the size limit and the Google drive upload, you can use the old and popular way ie, by sending files as a zip file (you can also read How to Create a Zip File? {Windows/Mac}).
So how to send a zip file through Email/Gmail?. Let’s know;
How to Send a Zip File through Email (Gmail)?
If you send your files through Gmail then you may have noticed that there is always a size limitation of 25MB. So how can you send large files through email?.
The easiest and the most convenient way to bypass this is to compress them into a zip file. After you successfully create a zip file by reading our article on it, here’s how you can send it through email/Gmail easily:
1. Open Gmail and log in to your account.
2. Now, Open the mail you want to attach the zip file to.
3. Click on the file attachment icon and select Attach File.
4. Now, locate the zip file from your phone or desktop library and select it. Then click Open to attach it to the mail.
5. Finally, click on the Send button to send the email to the recipient.
That was all about how you can send a zip file through email/Gmail. we hope this article helped you with that. If you liked our content, do check out our other articles too like:
