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Sending large files
Q. I
have a very large video file that I am trying to send to a
friend. My e-mail provider won't accept the attachment. It's
way too big. What can I do?
A. Many
servers have limitations on attachment sizes. If you're
sending something bigger than a megabyte, you could be in
trouble. Picture and word-processing files should not be a
problem. But music files and video files can be impossible.
If you have a giant file to send, the easiest solution would
be to put it on a CD-R or DVD-R. If you decide to use a
DVD-R, be sure your recipient has a drive that will read it.
A CD-R should not be
a problem.
If that isn't handy, you can try zipping the file. I
recommend you use
WinZip
($29) Free Trial available. This compresses some files into much smaller
packages. But it may be less successful with .jpg or .mp3
files, because they are already compressed.
If you are using Outlook Express, you can have it break
files up for you. To set that up, click Tools>>Accounts. On
the Mail tab, click Properties. Select the Advanced tab, and
click "Break apart messages larger than." Put 900KB in the
box.
The recipient must be using e-mail software that works with
multipart messages. The best situation would be Outlook
Express on both ends. If necessary, the recipient can force
OE to reconstruct the file. Just click Message>>Combine and
Decode.
If you have an account with an Internet service provider,
you probably have free Web space. Ask your service provider
for the address. You can then upload the file, using a file
transfer protocol (FTP) program like,
FTP Commander 7.2.
Give the other party the address. To download, the other
person need only right-click on the file and select Save
Target As. See, it's easy!
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