IMail compressing images

I have a 3-year old MBP running 10.8.1. iMail version 6.0. iPhoto '09 version 8.1.2
This has never happened before: Today when attaching photos to an email, iMail is apparently compressing them. For example, even if I attach just one 10MB image, (therefore I'm not exceeding any MB limits on an email), the photo will be sent as a ~200 kb image.
Previous threads have mentioned a drop down box that allows you to select the size. I can find no such thing on my screen.
I also tried sending directly from iPhoto, I highlight a 4MB image, choose "Actual size" in that drop down box, and the same compression happens.
Anyone have any idea what is happening?
Thanks,
Chris

Everything you need is already in iLife.
Import your photos into iPhoto, then export as jpg images, scaled around 500-600width x the corresponding height. (Or even smaller, if you can still use a smaller photo). This helps a great deal for slideshows as iWeb will use the original size photo for the slideshow itself; depending on the connection, large images can take a long time to load. Look at the file size of each image you use; try to keep them well below 100K if possible. Never use a png image; always use jpgs.
There's also a handy widget for this here:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/imageshackle.html
If you use a number of different images together as a group on a page, try taking a snapshot of the collection of images as a whole and then using this SINGLE image instead of a collection of multiple ones. This results in a lot less html that has to be rendered for that page.
If you host with .Mac, the loading time of the site will be slower in general. This is just a fact of the Mac servers. Hosting with a different server will probably give you the most dramatic improvement in load times for your visitors. Some good tips for hosting elsewhere can be found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebserver.html

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