Slideshow issue - message "file too big"

I have 120 photos in my slideshow, around 350 MB only. But when trying to save on usb, message saying file is 7.3 GB (too big). After I took away a couple of pictures, it saved - final size is only 395 MB. How can 2 photos make that much difference in size! Is there a glitch with iphoto?

Then try export to the desktop first, and drag the movie to the USB.

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I ran this command in terminal: sudo postconf -e "virtual_mailbox_limit=0" then: sudo postfix reload
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postfix/master[1630]          daemon started -- version 2.5.14, configuration /etc/postfix
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postfix/pickup[1631]          BA07112A66BE: uid=501 from=<Al>
postfix/cleanup[1643]          BA07112A66BE: message-id=<[email protected]>
postfix/local[1645]          68EA012A66BD: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<Al>, relay=local, delay=0.82, delays=0.5/0.09/0/0.23, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox)
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I can receive photos via blue tooth but when anybody sends photos via text it does not arrive or I am told that the image is too big.

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Thank you for posting the issue here and providing more information. I did some research on the carrier and this is what I found about sending a receiving messages.
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