They can be large enough that they will never send, but.............

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. Move the Time-out slider
all the way to the right.

And most important:

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"chris35" wrote in message
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how do i alter settings to prevent timing out when sending large files?