Large file transfer

[sdgserv1]

How can I send a 10mb file over the internet other than email?

 

[CTho9305]

FTP it somewhere, or set up your own web/ftp server, or use an instant messaging program... there are a lot of ways. What are the restrictions?

 

[skyking]

If you can get it on a linux box, ssh and sftp..................

 

[Paperlantern]

depending on the file zipping it or RARing it might make it small enough to email, if its a music file or compressed video, usually zipping doesnt work, the codec used to make the file usually compressed it about as far as it will go. But if its a program, or something liek that you may cut it by half in some cases

 

[sdgserv1]

Think the restrictions are 5megs. I am trying to send a 10meg video file. I have zip it but it is still to big. I like the ftp idea thanks

 

[drag]

I use ftp. I have a ftp server on my desktop with a port fowarded to it from the firewall. (actually if you want to get technical, ftp is a older server design and requires a special module to support it thru my nat firewall properly, not a big deal.)

I just use it for convenience, for instance small file sharing, 10megs is no sweat. Or saving notes from school if I have a class that uses computers with internet access.

 

[eofeapr]

an app called ZIP GENIUS ,, free download,,, comes with a tool called CUTTER

will let you opt to break it up for email, package the file, and arrives with small .dll allowing recipient to re-assemble

it's wicked cool !!!

 

[azev]

with winrar you can create lots of smaller file.

 

[drag]

ftp is easier/better. You just download the file you want. They even have nice GUI clients so you can create folders, move files around, copy delete and all that happy stuff. (as long as you have rights to the stuff your messing with.) Plus you can restart interrupted downloads, depending on how nice your ftp client is. No need to depend on third parties (your isp's email) or split up your files and have to go thru numerious steps to get it all back together.

If you want to e-mail people crap, just set up a folder so that you can ftp anonymously with no password, and when you e-mail them a message you put a hyperlink to your file on the your ftp site.(very insecure, just allow read-only and don't put anything important on it). Or you could set up a special ftp user with limited rights to that folder and send the username and password along with a link. But that's only semi-secure. The correct syntax would be like:
<a href=&quot;ftp://username:password@your.ftp.site.com/filename.jpg&quot;> Download me! </a>

Of course you have to leave your computer and it's connection on 24/7 or at least when you expect someone to download off of it.

Little bit of effort to set up, but is infinately more usefull for a wide veriaty of circumstances.