If you are a regular user of e-mail
services, then you have probably run into a myriad of problems when
it comes to sending files. As technology has gotten better, e-mail
service providers have gotten much better, more intuitive, more
efficient and faster. But, there are still problems that come up
occasionally if you have ever tried to send large multimedia files
via e-mail. If you have ever received the same “file attachment
error” message, then you are probably more than aware of the gig
byte limit your particular e-mail service provider has. When you
receive that particular error message it almost always has to do with
the size of the file that you are sending to a recipient. An easy way
to look at it is as an overstuffed mailbox. When a mailbox is
overstuffed, it makes it much more difficult to send and receive
mail.
But, there are more than a few ways to
send large files via e-mail, and some are more effective than others.
Here is a short list of some of the best options available via email
service providers today:
#1. You Send It
This versatile web application makes it
possible to send files with a maximum of 100 mb in size, which is
quite substantial when compared with the limits of most e-mail
service providers. With this You Send It service, there really is no
such thing as “too big to send.” It is really as simple as that.
The software is completely free and is compatible with many of the
most common e-mail service providers. For example, You Send It can
operate just as a simple Microsoft Outlook plug-in, but it is
technically a stand along program. Either way, it is one of the best,
most effective and simplest ways to send large files via e-mail.
#2. SugarSync
This e-mail add-on for sending large
files gives its users 5 mb of free space, and then charges extra
according to how much more space you want. What is great about that
is it means you can tailor your plan to meet the specific needs of
the files you want to send. In many ways, SugarSync is just like Drop
Box, except it offers more free space than its more popular
counterpart.
#3. WeTransfer
WeTransfer is extremely easy to use and
navigate and offers up to 2 mb of free space to its users. It is
perhaps the easiest large file e-mail service on the market and is
actually very fun to use, as the design is top-notch. You can really
tell that a lot of thought went into it.
Josh H. is a freelance writer for a
wide variety of web sites, news blogs, web forums, newspapers and
magazines, among other things. As a freelance writer, he depends on
sending large files via e-mail and has identified the best ways to do
it.
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