Re: Making a safe link for others to download from TIA

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"sandy58" <Aleckie59@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1148501676.638076.122900@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I would like to make it possible for someone to download files etc
which are too large to be acceptable to some servers. Any help
gratefully received.



That must be some monster-sized file that won't be accepted by any file server or online storage service. So why not rent a U-haul van, pack it up with those hundreds of CDs or DVDs, and drive over to your friend's house with them all since you'll probably get faster bandwidth that way (never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck carrying storage media).

Your post is way too vague to know WHAT you are trying to do. Are you trying to send someone a file via e-mail? Do you want someplace online from where they can click a link to get it? What are "some servers"?

Any DETAILS gratefully received.

If you meant how to send large e-mails (i.e., they have large files attached), some services that you could try are:

http://www.dropload.com/ (up to 100MB)
http://www.sendover.com/ (up to 2GB)
http://www.yousendit.com/ (up to 1GB)

Remember that files do not magically float along with your e-mail. They are INSERTED into the body of your e-mail and encoded into plain text (all e-mail goes as plain text even if it be RTF or HTML). Encoding a binary file into a text section enlarges the size of the e-mail by as much as up to 50% (i.e., expect a file to enlarge by 150% when you attach it to an e-mail). So if you want to send a 10MB file in a very short e-mail message, it could bloat up to 15MB (which puts you above, say, the 10MB per-message size limit for your e-mail account).

Also remember that your friend may prefer you to mail them your file using a CD-R or DVD-R if they are still stuck using dial-up for Internet access. They probably don't need it as immediately as you want to give it to them.

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