Emailing large Mb photos

[countrykid]

Hi,
What is the easiest way to reduce the file size of some digital photos so they can be emailed without taking ages to upload/opened by the receiver?

My old camera was only around 3 mega pixels and photos emailed ok most of the time. The new camera is 10 mega pxl. It does have lower settings, but the photos I need to email, were all taken at the higher settings.
Thanks

[squarebear]

The easiest way would be to open them in paint, then shrink them down to say 25% or even less.

[countrykid]

Thanks squarebear. Is "paint" a software package I need to buy? If it is, is there any free software that does the job? A friend mentioned copying the photos into a zipped file, which I tried, but the 4 photos in the zip, still took ages to attach to the email. Each of the 4 photos was around 3Mb, but the zip size was simply the total Mb of those photos (13Mb), so did not suggest it was compresssed. Confused!

[snags]

Or this:

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/tinypic.html

[bednobs]

put them on an internet site, then give the person you want to see them the url

[countrykid]

Thanks snags, that looks ideal. I will give it a try for sure. Need to sign off now, but thanks to all who responded so quick.

[squarebear]

No, paint should be under accessories, assuming you are using a PC.

Pictures don't zip down very well.

[Dodger666]

If you are using Outlook Express for e-mail then the easiest way is to select the photos you want to send, then right click on any one of them, then select "Send to" from the drop down list, followed by "Mail Recipient" from the next drop down list.

You will then be presented with a "Pop Up" asking if you want to reduce the size of the photos for e-mailing. The default option is "Yes". Click OK and the photos will be shown already added to an e-mail for you write in the recipient and any message.

Then send as usual. Don't know if other e-mail systems can do this.

[ChuckFickens]

^ should work with any mail client that's set as the default.

[VHG]

>>>>ChuckFickens ^ should work with any mail client that's set as the default.

Not sure it works with web based clients (gmail etc)

Sending pictures round via email is not the best way to do it, there are far more approriate methods.

Uploading them to Microsoft SkyDrive is one (giving the other person access to download them).

[ChuckFickens]

"Not sure it works with web based clients (gmail etc)"

No, probably not, but webmail is not a mail client.

[countrykid]

Thanks again to all who gave me tips and ideas on this