topic Re: Email a File Geodatabase in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/email-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/746241#M42022 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Most spatial datasets are too large to mail successfully, but if the resulting zip file is &lt; 6Mb,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>then it should transfer cleanly. I've had issues with WinZip performing nl-&gt;cr,lf conversion</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>on binary data on extract, or not preserving the directory structure, but even these are </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>unfortunate settings in the extraction utility, and nothing to do with the data itself.&nbsp; Try</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using </SPAN><A href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7Zip</A><SPAN> , which is a free and fast zip generation and extraction utility.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- V</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:48:48 GMT VinceAngelo 2011-06-28T21:48:48Z Email a File Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/email-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/746240#M42021 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><STRONG><FONT face="&quot;Arial&quot;"></FONT></STRONG><SPAN> How do I email a File Geodatabase?&nbsp; I have tried Zip the database, but loses the gdb file and the contents of the database is in the main directory.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:15:02 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/email-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/746240#M42021 SteveBaker 2011-06-28T21:15:02Z Re: Email a File Geodatabase https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/email-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/746241#M42022 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Most spatial datasets are too large to mail successfully, but if the resulting zip file is &lt; 6Mb,</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>then it should transfer cleanly. I've had issues with WinZip performing nl-&gt;cr,lf conversion</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>on binary data on extract, or not preserving the directory structure, but even these are </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>unfortunate settings in the extraction utility, and nothing to do with the data itself.&nbsp; Try</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>using </SPAN><A href="http://www.7-zip.org/">7Zip</A><SPAN> , which is a free and fast zip generation and extraction utility.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>- V</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:48:48 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/email-a-file-geodatabase/m-p/746241#M42022 VinceAngelo 2011-06-28T21:48:48Z