![]() How to Send Large Video Files through Email Using Dropboxĭropbox is another cloud-based storage service that lets you back up and sync files on multiple devices. ![]() Provide every other necessary detail and click the “Send” button: ![]() Upload the video to your Google Drive and click the “Get link” button:Ĭhange the access from restricted to “Anyone with the link”:Ĭlick “Compose” and paste the link to your email editor. If you are using another email client like Outlook, or Yahoo, you can still send the large video using Google Drive. Google Drive is a cloud-based storage service provided by Google for sharing files.Īs already shown in this article, Gmail prompts you to upload a video file larger than 25MB to Google Drive and then convert the video to an accessible link. How to Send Large Video Files through Email Using Google Drive How then do you send a large video file through email? That’s what I’m going to show you in this article. Some email clients won’t show an error, but instead, suggest how you should send the large video file.įor example, Gmail will suggest that you upload the video to Google Drive:Īnd Outlook will suggest that you upload the video to Microsoft OneDrive: So, if you decide to send, for example, a video file larger than 25MB, you might get an error that the message was rejected by the server because it’s too large. Gmail and Yahoo limit file size to 25MB, while outlook and iCloud limit files to 20MB. This is because each email client has a size limit for file sharing. Here’s a detailed overview of video in email client support you might find helpful.Sending large files through email can be quite challenging. In summary – if you want the YouTube video to display – you have to disable email campaign link tracking. If you’re sending a campaign through Pinpointe or any other ESP and enable tracking code – the YouTube URL will be replaced with an ESP’s tracking URL and Gmail / Hotmail won’t recognize that this is a YouTube video link. The limitation here is that Gmail and Hotmail need to ‘see’ the actual YouTube video link. Just insert the link as demonstrated in the image above. Note – do not use YouTube embed code – all email clients including Gmail and Hotmail will just ignore this and nothing will happen. In order for Gmail (and Hotmail) to work – simply insert the actual link to the YouTube video. Second, don’t assume the video is going to display – adding a call-to-action like “View video below” is certainly a recipe for confusion for any subscriber using a client outside of Gmail. If you want to make your video one of the focal elements of your email, be sure to go light on the content. Note that the YouTube Preview section of an email is fairly subtle so if your email campaign is more than a paragraph or two – your video preview is likely to be missed entirely. ![]() Here’s an example of this looks in Gmail: Using YouTube Previews to Display Video in Gmail (and Hotmail)īy uploading the video first to YouTube, then adding the URL to your HTML or plain-text email as text, you can get an inbox-playable preview to display. Plus some filters (aside from gmail) wil simply block the larger email. If your video is under 25MB – you can include the video directly – but we don’t recommend this even though it technically works, because non-gmail recipients of your email campaign may not be too keen on having you clog up their inbox with larger files. It turns out that Gmail kind of supports video in email on a limited basis. In our previous article we explained how to embed video in your email campaigns.
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