How to attach and send a Youtube video through Yahoo, Gmail, or Outlook Express email

By Mitz

It used to be a big thing that we could send photo's through email, however now everyone wants to send video clips as well. It is a great way to say in touch with your family and friends. You can send your own home video's or even Youtube video's to your friends through most of the big email servers like Yahoo, Gmail, and even Outlook Express. They usually have a limit to what you can send, however now there are so many free programs that compress your video and make it easy to send through your email.

To send a youtube video or even your home video clip through email you will need:

You will need to be signed up with Yahoo mail, Gmail, Hotmail, or have a private email server that delivers to a program on your computer such as Outlook Express. It is free to sign up with Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail.
You will need a Youtube video saved on your computer, or your home video clip and you will need to know where it is saved.
To download a Youtube video or to convert your home video clip to another format you will need Any Video converter. There is a link to download it on the Download Software page.

What format should you send your Youtube video in through the email?

There is nothing worse than getting a video clip in an email and it doesn't play because it is some weird compressed video format. I usually stick with .WMV which is compatible with Windows Media player. Most people I know have this program and will be able to watch the video clip without getting error messages.

.wmv - format makes the movie watchable in Windows media player
.avi - Can be ok to watch in most players but you never know
.divx - You can download a free divx player to watch video clips in this format

Can I just send a link to a youtube video in an email?

Yes you can just send the link to a Youtube video in your email. This is highly recommended if you are sending the email to a person with a slow internet connection. They do not want the wait all day to download their emails because you have sent them a Youtube video clip. The link is the URL or address of the webpage the video is on. If you are using Internet Explorer it is at the top next to the back and forward arrows.

How to download a Youtube video to send through email

If you have seen a video on Youtube that you would like to send to a friend you can see Download and convert Youtube videos to your computer to save. It will show you a program to convert Youtube video and for emailing video I would choose the .wmv format.

How to send a Youtube video through Yahoo email

Sign into your Yahoo email account
Press on New to create a new email
Write in the email recipients address
Press Attach
Select the video that you want from your computer.
Repeat steps if you want to attach more videos. You can send up to 10mb.
Press send

How to send a Youtube Video through Gmail email

Sign into your Gmail email account
Press on Compose email to create a new email in the top left
Write in the email recipients address
Press the Attach link just under the subject line
Select the video that you want from your computer.
Press send

How to send a Youtube video through Outlook Express email

If you are using Outlook express you can simply attach a Youtube video or home video clip to your email the same way you attach a picture or any other file.

Open Outlook Express
Press on the create mail icon
Go to the insert menu and choose file attachment
Browse your computer for a Youtube movie
Press ok

Notes:

It is very common to send video clips through email now. Most of the time they are funny youtube videos.