Email workflow
Target 180–200KB to leave headroom for MIME overhead. Prefer Recommended quality first; only go Extreme when required.
- Compress PDF with target ~200
- Open the result
- Attach to email
- Keep the original archive
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Gmail-style limits and corporate gateways still bounce fat scans. “Under 200KB for email” is a use-case query the giants under-serve. Compress locally, attach, and keep originals on disk.
Compress for emailTarget 180–200KB to leave headroom for MIME overhead. Prefer Recommended quality first; only go Extreme when required.
Some mail servers still block large zips. KB-compliant PDF is clearer for recipients.
MIME encoding adds overhead — targeting ~180–200KB leaves room so the message still sends.
Yes. Compression never uploads the attachment to SortMyFile.
Check total message size including other attachments; compress further or split with Split PDF.