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If an email is successfully sent, the photos attached will be in the cloud waiting for the frame to pick them up. Successfully sent emails may get a reply, but not always. The recipient is not recognized as an email in our system.If friends reply to your email with photos you don't want, then those photos will appear on your frame. Note: it is NOT recommended to email your frame and friends at the same time. You can email photos and videos to multiple PhotoSpring frames at the same time. Where my album is the name of the album where you want the photos or videos to go. You can specify what album you would like to send photos or videos to by adding in the first line of the email: The longer the video, the longer you will need to wait. Sending photos should take about 30 seconds for the first photo to start appearing. For Macs, this means Mail Drop will not work. Links to photos will not be processed.You email provider may limit the size of emails you send to much less than 25MB.So the total size of your attachments needs to be less than 25MB. PhotoSpring will only receive emails that are 25mb or less in total size.Restrictions on Sending Photos to the Frame Via Email Restrictions This will take you to setup for a PhotoSpring account. If you don't want to test the email you can tap the SKIP button to continue. If you aren't successful, the email will bounce with an error message.

If you are successful in sending an email with a photo or video attached, then this screen will automatically progress to show you your photos. To do this send an email with photos attached to the email address you just created. We highly recommend testing out the email address. Otherwise you will be taken to the previous screen but with the email you entered now present. If the email address is already taken or has bad formatting, then the error will be displayed on the screen. The latter part of the email will always be if the prefix you entered was mr_awesome, then your frame's email address is: If you already have an email assigned to the frame, then tap on the email address to change it as in the example below:Д®nter an email address you would like to assign to the frame in the popup that appears.В A good email address is one you can easily remember and is a good identifier for you. Start by tapping the link 'Click here to create email address' as highlighted below: Any photos or videos you send as an attachment to this email will be processed and sent to the frame. You now have the opportunity to enter a custom custom email. Note: if the switch is in the off position, no emails can be sent to the frame - even if you have already assigned the frame a name. Tap or flick the switch to the right to turn it on. Here's what it looks like in the Off position: To enable email you will have to ensure that the switch near the top of the screen is switch to the On position. Once you are on the Manage Frame Email screen you can continue below. If you are in the Slideshow, tap the photo you see and it will shrink to reveal the Menu Button. The Menu Button is a square with three lines located at the upper right corner of the screen. You can get to the Manage Frame Email screen through the Menu Button. Otherwise, you will need to first navigate to the Manage Frame Email screenВ before going on to the next section. If you are setting the frame up for the first time, then skip to the next section with the red heading: Configuring Frame Email Setting Up Frame Email Configuring the Frame Email if your frame has already been setup

Anyone with the frame's email address can send photos to the frame.

Click here for a list of email providers and their limits.

Your email provider may limit you to less.

PhotoSpring can accept emails up to 20mb in size.

This makes email cumbersome for sending more than 15-20 photos at a time.

There is a limit to the size of email attachments you can send.

Unlike other methods of sending photos to the frame, sending an email to the frame doesn't require a PhotoSpring account.

That's much faster than the 5-10 minutes it takes for any other method.

Assigning an email address to your frame takes at most 2-3 minutes.

Benefits and Drawbacks of Sending Photos Via Email

This guide will take you through how to set up a unique email for your frame. The easiest method is to send photos and videos as attachments in an email to the frame. PhotoSpring allows a variety of methods to send photos and videos to the Frame.

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