There are various issues that can arise when sending digital files via email.
First off sending large files often needed for print production can often exceed the file size limits restrictions of your email client application or program. Gmail has a 20 MB file attachment limit which is among the highest provided by popular email and I highly recommend signing up for a free Gmail email account if you have issues sending files. For very large files see links below.
Do not drag files into the body of your email message, while this will indeed attach the file for sending, it will also probably compress the file to make it smaller for quicker web uploads which will seriously degrade the image quality.
If you are dragging a JPEG file into your email it is quite possible it was already compressed and re- compressing it will just exacerbate the issue of degrading your files.
If you are in the habit of dragging files on to your email then its time to switch to "attaching" your files (though if you drag a file into a GMail email rather then attaching you are given the option of attaching at original size which is what you want).
If your email client or application/program does not give you the option to attach files then its time to switch your method of email to the totally free Gmail or alternately YahooMail (Yahoo now makes it very easy to send files up to 100MB via a yousendit option built right in)!!
For files over 20MB or if you are unable to email a particular file try FTP.
Visit the link below for more information:
http://perceptualintent.com/News/Entries/2011/8/3_ftp_server.html
A viable alternate to FTP IS provided by these great free online services:
https://www.yousendit.com
or
https://www.dropbox.com
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