Podmailing: Yet another way to send large files

by Brad Linder Mar 12th 2008

Don't like the idea of uploading large files to a web server and sending a download link to your friends or colleagues? Podmailing is an application/service that aims to solve the same problem as YouSendIt and EatLime -- most email services limit file attachments to 10 or 20MB. But Podmailing takes a very different approach than most other services in this space.

First of all, while most services cap file sizes at 100MB, 500MB, or 1GB, Podmailing has no size limits. Second, Podmailing requires you to download and install a desktop application. That's because when you upload a file, the recipient has several download options:

Use a download link to download the file stored on Podmailing's server
Install the Podmailing application on their own computer and download the file through a peer to peer connection with your computer
Download the file via BitTorrent

To be perfectly honest, we wouldn't recommend anyone use Podmailing to simply upload a file to a server. Podmailing's upload speeds are painfully slow when compared with other services like EatLime or YouSendIt. But things speed up significantly when you establish a peer to peer connection. And if you use BitTorrent to send the same file to multiple people simultaneously, download speeds should be even faster as the computers form a swarm.

Podmailing is free while in beta. There are clients available for Mac and PC.

[via MakeUseOf]

Tags: file-transfer, podmailing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

yokozuna said 5:03AM on 3-13-2008

I prefer Pando (pando.com). The freeware version can upload files up to 1 gigabyte only, but it is IMHO more than enough. It is available for Win, Mac and Linux (I use it with Linux Mint). Moreover, I read that NBC and other TV stations signed up an agreement with Pando, so one can expect streaming similar to Hulu, Joost, etc. from Pando soon.

WongBater said 3:06PM on 3-14-2008

1- pando has a cap 1gb for free accts
2- pando requires both clients to use their software
3-pando has ads built on their app
4-pando no longer supports .torrent downloads
5-pando stores the file for 7 days max

John said 7:48AM on 4-27-2008

This service is good for experienced users. For normal user, i think the idea of uploading files and send the download link is much simpler, easier to do. Have you try http://www.send6.com , they are in the market for years , and they just release a new version which works like yousendt, it's very stable, reliable and fast.

jlchereau said 2:43AM on 5-23-2008

Look at the Velodoc Outlook Add-In. It has 3 benefits over Pando, YouSendIt and other solutions:
1) It is not proprietary, i.e. it works with many server platforms, protocols and technologies and more are to come.
2) The recipient does not need the add-in to download the files although more features are available if the recipient has teh add-in;
3) It is open-source.

For more information, check http://www.velodoc.com
Download the code at http://www.codeplex.com/velodocaddin
It also works with but does not require an online service available at https://www.velodoc.net

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