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Sending very large files

This is a summary of a N.Y. Times article ‘Sending Giant Files’ By J. D. BIERSDORFER – February 8, 2007?r=2&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin _

Q. How can I send a 50-megabyte file to a friend since it’s way too big for an e-mail attachment?

A. For server space and bandwidth reasons, many e-mail providers limit file attachments on a message to no more that 5 or 10 megabytes in size. …

  • http://www.pando has free and paid versions of its software for transferring files and works with both Windows and Macintosh systems. You can send files up to a gigabyte in size free. More with $5-a-month plan.
  • http://www.yousendit.com lets you send files of up to 100 megabytes free or files up to two gigabytes in size with the company’s $5-a-month service.

Some free or inexpensive online file-storage services let you mark certain files for sharing.

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