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Send large files with Outlook and YouSendIt

YouSendIt Outlook 2003 PluginYouSendIt, 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.

[via Digital Inspiration]

Filed under: E-mail, Google

Gmail doubles email attachment size to 20MB

Gmail 15MB fileIt's probably no secret that Google's 10MB size limit on email attachments wasn't set in stone. We've all probably sent and received emails with files that were a little larger than that.

But now the big G's making it official. Email attachments up to 20MB are supported. While you probably won't be using Gmail to send your ripped DVD collection to your friends anytime, soon, this comes as good news for anyone who has to frequently send moderately large files on a regular basis. As digital media continues its conquest of the the office, it's not uncommon to see PDF, Word, and Excel documents that are well over 10MB.

Of course, this means it's also a lot easier to send those large, high quality MP3 files you've got sitting on your PC across the country to your brother. Not that you'd do that, we're just saying.

[via Google Operating System]

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