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Send large files with Outlook and YouSendIt
YouSendIt, MailBigFile and a host of other web services have popped up due to the simple fact that most email services won't let you send really large attachments. While Google upped its email attachment limit to 20MB this week, if you've got a 100MB file, you're still better off using a third party service.But opening a browser window or tab and waiting for a file to upload just isn't that much fun (or reliable if you accidentally close the tab before your upload is done). YouSendIt recently released a beta version of a plugin for Outlook 2003 that will let you send large files almost as honest to goodness email attachment. No web browser required.
You can set Outlook to use YouSendIt for every file, to ask before sending every file, or for every file over a specified size. YouSentIt lets you send files up to 100MB for free, or if you have a paid account (starting at $5 per month), you can send files up to 2GB in size.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
zone said 7:10PM on 5-26-2007
sorry but you said google upped its email attachment limit to 20GB, its 20 mb :) great blog!
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plchan said 8:53AM on 5-26-2007
20G? WOW... I think it should be 20MB thou.
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raycosm said 8:55AM on 5-26-2007
20 GB? Am I...dead?
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Brad Linder said 8:56AM on 5-26-2007
Sorry about that. Someone remind me not to blog while sleepy. I've updated the post to reflect the wisdom of our readers.
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westudi said 7:22PM on 5-26-2007
I've had too many uploads poop out with yousendit, but have never had a problem with MailBigFile. I'm definitely sticking with them.
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Andy Fletcher said 7:04PM on 5-28-2007
E-mailing 20MB? This one never ceases to amaze me. At work people are constantly saying "why won't the mailserver let me send this 10/100/1000MB file?". E-mail as a communication medium simply isn't designed for this type of file transfer. Google upping the limit won't help at all - people will just think of bigger files they want to e-mail.
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John said 8:11AM on 5-28-2007
Héhé! My company has an alternative that has the advantage of being both free and without any size limits! With GigaTribe (a small, easy-to-install and easy-to-use application), you can easily exchange huge files (no matter how large); instead of uploading them and sending them, you merely share a folder (or more) on your harddrive that you want friends/co-workers to access, and they come download it directly from you. More info at http://www.gigatribe.com
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marc said 5:53PM on 6-05-2007
Another option to send large files is to use Quickeo. It designed to make it really simple to send any type of files, and the upload is a completely transparent process (synchronization in the background).
Something worth taking a look at, I am interested in feedback if you give it a try...
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