Large File Transfer vis the Internet

[rx33772]

My son in college wants to send me his thesis which is created in MS Word via the internet. The file size is 15 MB which is too large for the free e-mail services and his university mail service. We both have Comcast high speed internet service. How can we transfer such a large file via the internet?

[Steve R Jones]

1.Get two Gmail accounts. Or one form him to send. Comcast doesn't care about incomeing size.

2.FTP
3.Remote Desktop Sharing

[Teknophobia]

Doesn't gmail have a 10MB limit per email?

[General Winters]

He uploads the file to one of the free storage sites and he gives you the url , you go to the url and download the file.

http://www.easy-sharing.com/

http://www.upload2.net/

http://www.rapidshare.de/

etc etc

[Welshjim]

rx33772--
1) Compress the file. (Use WinZip, etc., or Windows' own compression tool. Right click on file|SendTo|Compressed File.)
2) Outlook Express permits the splitting of a file. OE File|Tools|Accounts|Properties|Advanced tab. Set "Break apart messages larger" to whatever is appropriate.
3) Make the type face smaller.

[TechZ]

www.yousendit.com (http://www.yousendit.com)
http://freespace.filefront.com/1 <-- very good, only limit is that the file will be removed, if its not downloaded enough in 1 month :)

[nialler]

buy a cd for .20c, put a postage stamp on it and send it via mail.

[rx33772]

Thanks but the US mail is too slow.

[Tuttle]

www.yousendit.com is a good enough option. Just make sure that if the data is sensitive in any way that you encrypt it somehow, like with WinZip and a good password.

[jmwills]

Create three new documents form the original containing no more than 5mb of data and send three emails. Reconstruct the document via cut and paste.