Hello Everyone
another simple question from what appears to be simpleton. I believe I asked before but somehow must have accidentally deleted so please forgive asking again

I'm trying to send a couple of emails which includes attachments but my attachments are taking too long to process. Gets up to around 85% then times out.

How can I extend the timing to extend more so the email can complete the process? Where should I go and do what. Can somebody offer a step by step process

Would appreciate help on this thank you in advance

question. Have you tried creating a log file and see if it provides more information?

Question: many ISPs have a size limit for messages. Message might exceed the max size.

Might be best to compress attachments with a program that reduces size, or by sending messages in different messages rather than in one big one.

Timeout settings are stored in the smtp host configuration in Tools > Internet options > SMTP tab. Documentation states that setting the timeout value to zero here will result in the use of the value stored in the General tab. There are indications that this is not working resulting in a host value of zero resulting in an actual timeout of 30. So, if you have zero in you host configuration, change it to 120. That is likely overkill but it seems harmless for this setting too be high.