By: Fabiola Grosshan
Submitted: 2010-04-21 02:27:24 | Word Count: 594
We all need to send large files from time to time, and as convenient as email attachments might be, they have their limitations when it comes to size. Whenever a file is too big to email, whatever its purpose might be, it’s very frustrating not to be able to send it to who you want to send it to, especially when it’s urgent. And even if you do not reach the limits of the email attachments, you may find that the recipient does not get your mail in a timely fashion because of the large size of the attachments. Not all files can be made smaller, and there’s really no point in wasting time and effort on trying to reduce the size of files that you want to send, when you can do this in a very fast and convenient way.
Whenever you want to transfer large files, you should not even consider sending them as email attachments, and not just because you might exceed the size limit but also because of other inherent inconveniences. A large file usually implies more time to upload which in turn translates into your impossibility to do anything else while the file is uploading or severed connection, especially when we are talking about a rather congested network. Furthermore, the recipient may not enjoy downloading such a huge file and he or she will definitely not appreciate the inconvenience that this huge file may cause to prioritizing the emails in their inbox.
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Therefore, whenever you need to send a large file it is highly advisable that you consider options outside the email attachments. Instant Messengers are a good solution to transferring a file too big to email, but only if the file is being sent to 1 or 2 people. For multiple recipients, you have to send the large file once for each person. So the best alternative to consider is a web-based application to transfer a large file. File hosting services have seen a tremendous growth in popularity over recent years. There are many web sites that provide file storage services both for free and for small monthly fees depending on the size. These web sites enable you to share large files up to a certain limit that varies from site to site. Such services are very fast, easy and convenient. In order to share big files, all you have to do is upload the files to a website of the kind once. Upon completion of the uploading process, you will receive a download link which you can share or send to as many people as you like to use and download the file that you have uploaded.
A couple of major factor in deciding which file sharing company to use are upload speed and resumability. In other words, if the upload process is interrupted for whatever reason, it can be resumed from where it was stopped. As you can imagine, this is very convenient, as it saves a lot of time and effort on the uploader’s part. Another great feature that some file sharing websites offer is a feature called DropBox. This very useful feature allows companies and institutions to have their very own page on sites of the kind where users can upload files which will then be transferred directly to the company. What could be more convenient?
