Sending very large files…
Sometimes you need to send very large files to people, and even if your email server supports large attachments, the likelihood is that theirs doesn’t. Ideally one would use ftp but that involves logins, passwords, etc etc… and for a one-off sending it may not be worth the hassle.
However I’ve recently come across a great, free, service called YouSendIt that lets you send files up to 1GB in size to anyone anywhere. Basically you upload the file via a web browser to their server, then the server automatically emails your recipient (or multiple recipients) a link to the file where they can download it from any web browser. The file is automatically deleted after seven days, or it can be done manually. And there’s even a secure service so that the transfer is encrypted over ssh. All in all a very simple and efficient way to transfer very large files.
