No, But...
Since you can't send attachments directly through MailChimp, you can let us host the files you'd normally attach to your email, and then link to the files in your campaign. This saves bandwidth, doesn't bog down recipients' email accounts, helps with delivery rates, reduces bounce backs from angry ISPs, and allows you to track how many times your files were accessed.
Why Can't I Just Attach a File?
There are a number of reasons attaching files to bulk emails can be a bad idea. Here are a few:
- Lots of ISPs and end-users block emails above a certain size, and attachments can increase the size of your email, raising the risk of your email getting blocked.
- Many (most) content and virus scanning programs see attachments sent through any bulk mailing service as a security threat, and either block the attachment or the email entirely. So a majority of attachments won't ever reach your subscribers.
- Sending a copy of your file to each recipient (and handling the bounces for those emails that are blocked/rejected because of the attachments) would take loads of bandwidth, which can get pretty expensive, and would eat us alive (hey, we're being honest here!).
No attachments helps us keep costs down and helps delivery rates, which means a win for everyone. Plus, you'll be able to track which recipients click the link for your file, and how many times.
Need a little more control over files you're sending to your list?
You might want to check out the Digioh integration. It's easy to use and gives you more control over file downloads by giving you the ability to set a price on a file, require subscription to your newsletter for downloads or limit the number of downloads by each subscriber. Here's a blog post about the integration, too.
If you have questions or need technical support, you can contact Digioh through their contact page at https://digioh.com/Contact.