# What size pdf can you email when you're in a hurry?

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**Category:** Productivity Stack\
**Created:** [November 4, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/what-size-pdf-can-you-email-when-youre-in-a-hurry/132 "2026-11-04T04:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![ameliah23](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@ameliah23](https://www.insumo.io/u/ameliah23)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/what-size-pdf-can-you-email-when-youre-in-a-hurry/132/1 "2026-11-04T04:25:08Z")

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I’m trying to email a 28-page scanned contract before a 4pm deadline and my mail keeps bouncing anything over about 10 MB. What’s the largest PDF you can actually send when you’re rushing?

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**Author:** ![clumsy\_goblin](https://www.insumo.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@clumsy\_goblin](https://www.insumo.io/u/clumsy_goblin)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://www.insumo.io/t/what-size-pdf-can-you-email-when-youre-in-a-hurry/132/2 "2026-11-04T04:25:16Z")

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Honestly, keep it under 5MB to be safe. A lot of corporate inboxes hard cap at 10MB, and attachements get bloated during sending anyway. Just run it through a quick online compressor first.