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No More Blocked Attachments
Have you tried to move big files by attaching them to email? Are your attachments disappearing? With the advent of reputable and long-needed antispam services, it's getting more difficult to move large files with email (as well it should be; email was never designed to transfer huge attachments or executables). Many email servers will block executable files (ending in .exe), Access (.mdb) and even compressed (.zip) files. It's time to get with the program and use free services to send big files or pay a small amount for a business account.
In the olden days, we "Old Net Folks" used FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and there are plenty of free apps still around if you're willing to learn something new and your recipient can get permissions set up for this method of transfer. Figuring that (a) you don't want to learn anything new and (b) your recipient's sysadmin raises one incredulous eyebrow at the request, here are some free or low-cost ways to move big files around the Internet.
In the olden days, we "Old Net Folks" used FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and there are plenty of free apps still around if you're willing to learn something new and your recipient can get permissions set up for this method of transfer. Figuring that (a) you don't want to learn anything new and (b) your recipient's sysadmin raises one incredulous eyebrow at the request, here are some free or low-cost ways to move big files around the Internet.
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
