Gmail + Mail, can't attach 9mb - 17mb attachments (despite 25mb max)

Using Gmail with Mail (Imap for incoming, smtp.gmail.com:[email protected] for outgoing).
I'm attaching .mov files (taken with Photo Booth), 7mb - 17m, send the emails (to another gmail.com recipient), see it transferring data (via progress bar), then it is fails. I get the following message:
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Cannot send the message using the server smtp.gmail.com:[email protected]
Sending the message content to the server failed.
Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent.
Sending from: my_name <[email protected]>
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However, when I use Gmail on a browser (Safari), I have no problem in sending the big files (17 mb).
I understand Gmail has a max of 25mb for attachments.
I went thru Mail preferences & couldn't find any relevant settings.
Help?
Message was edited by: chimpanzee
Message was edited by: chimpanzee

For what it's worth, I was getting this same error message and here is how I fixed it.
First, two small notes:
-- Re the third message in this chain (from wiebelstaart): Despite the error message Apple Mail was giving me saying "Cannot send message using the server..." the message WAS being sent in my case, as I could see by accessing Gmail through a web browser and checking the sent folder. That explains why the message was showing up in your IMAP sync. In other words, the error message was in error.
-- I am using POP so my problem was not related to IMAP.
I searched around Gmail help and noticed that the recommended ports for outgoing mail are 25 or 487. However, in Apple mail the "default ports" are listed as 25, 465 and 587.
(here: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=180712 )
So I changed the setting to use "custom port" 25.
That has fixed the problem for me (so far).
You can access this setting under Mail>Prefs>Accounts tab>Outgoing Mail server (dropdown menu>Edit SMTP Server List>Advanced Tab>Use custom port
I wonder why those default ports are incorrect.
Hope that helps someone...

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