A gram may not be much, but compare it to a byte: schlepping 30 kilo-grams over the alps is an arduous, rewarding task; sending 30 kilo-bytes by email around the world is nothing.

30 mega-bytes, then again, may be too much—too much for Yahoo! Mail. Let's find out what the limits are and what Yahoo! Mail can stem.

Yahoo! Mail Message and Attachment Size Limits

Yahoo! Mail lets you send emails up to

• 25 MB in total size.

This size encompasses both

• the message itself and all its attachments.

Sending Larger Files with Yahoo! Mail

To send a file larger than Yahoo! Mail (or the recipient's email service) allows, you can try the integrated Share It application or use a file sending service.

(Updated October 2013)