File size doesn't diminish after archiving

I have noticed this more often but I reckoned that the other party would receive a compressed file. Now an mp3 file is sent back because it is too big. After I've archived it!
First I used Tiger's built-in archive feature. The result was that I received the 7.6mb file back.
Then I used 'dropstuff' of Stuffit. The result was, as expected, exactly the same.
How on earth is this possible??
All suggestions for a solution are very much welcome!!
eMac Mac OS X (10.4.5)

You don't say what sort of audio it is and how long it is and what the current bitrate is.
You probably want to reimport it into something like itunes and in the prefs change the import settings to mp3 and choose the bitrate you think will be smallest but still sound good.
Save the prefs and then select the song in itunes and click on the advanced menu and choose 'convert selection to mp3'.

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