Sending large files

Sam

I'm not sure where to put this, so if it's in the wrong location, please feel free to move it.

I completed a small photo shoot for a client, and he needs to send the full res images off to someone on the east coast. He lives off the grid, paranoia is not dead, and so he doesn't have a computer. :-)

I have 15 images that range from 7 mb to 35 mb. They need to be in tiff format.

Even if I zip the files I, someone, would need send about 9-12 separate e-mails.

Before I call him and tell him to just fed ex the disk, I thought I would ask those with more computer knowledge then myself if there were a way to send a large, say 300 mb to 600 mb file / data attached to a single e-mail. My aol mail seems to have a limit of 16 mb.

Thanks!

Sam

DavidTO

Sam,

I doubt they have a customer support phone number, but you could try yousendit.com.

Icebear

Cool
Thanks David.

Sam

Thanks David,

Looks like this might sorta indirectly do what I want, but right now I am at user name, password burn out.

The other day someone asked me what my name was, and I pulled out a 25 page notebook, and started to try and find the right user name, and password. Then I realized I was talking to a real person, and they were asking for my given name. The really scary part is I had to go back to my book to find it.

Sam

jfriend

Sam wrote:

Thanks David,

Looks like this might sorta indirectly do what I want, but right now I am at user name, password burn out.

The other day someone asked me what my name was, and I pulled out a 25 page notebook, and started to try and find the right user name, and password. Then I realized I was talking to a real person, and they were asking for my given name. The really scary part is I had to go back to my book to find it.

Sam

I know what you mean about username and password burn-out. I keep a spreadsheet (password protected, of course) of all my usernames and passwords. In the spreadsheet, I'm on row 140. It's crazy. What if I forgot the password to this spreadsheet?

DavidTO

jfriend wrote:

I know what you mean about username and password burn-out. I keep a spreadsheet (password protected, of course) of all my usernames and passwords. In the spreadsheet, I'm on row 140. It's crazy. What if I forgot the password to this spreadsheet?

Windows doesn't track PWs for you? Mac has Keychain Access, an encrypted storage for passwords, notes etc. Most apps use it directly to store PWs, like Safari would store web passwords if you wanted. Then, if you forget what it is, you go to Keychain Access enter your master password, and it gives you the specific password you're looking for. I would think Windows would have something similar? A spreadsheet seems really clunky.

ian408

Please keep in mind that mail administrators often set arbitrary limits on
the size of messages their servers are willing to accept or send. In addition,
you may also run into problems with mailbox size limits.

As for the spreadsheet password? Not a problem. Plenty of tools to crack
that.

jfriend

DavidTO wrote:

Windows doesn't track PWs for you? Mac has Keychain Access, an encrypted storage for passwords, notes etc. Most apps use it directly to store PWs, like Safari would store web passwords if you wanted. Then, if you forget what it is, you go to Keychain Access enter your master password, and it gives you the specific password you're looking for. I would think Windows would have something similar? A spreadsheet seems really clunky.

Windows doesn't do this for me. If it has that capability, I'd guess that Firefox doesn't play with it. And, I need this password file on multiple computers so I need something I can sync.

Firefox will remember usernames and passwords, so that saves me time in normal use, but it's certainly not my master copy and it can't save pwds on some sites.

Angelo

DavidTO wrote:

Sam,

I doubt they have a customer support phone number, but you could try yousendit.com.

indeed; this is a reliable service I've used when my own FTP site is down.

Sam if you run into a real problem I can help relay the images for you but the person on the other end needs to be relatively computer literate.

rwells

Sam,

If you have a website, one that you pay for hosting, usually it comes with ftp access. If so, simply ftp your files up to your ftp server, then tell the receiving party how to download them from the ftp server.

If you don't have access to an ftp server, sounds like FedEx will get a little more business.

Sam

Thanks everyone.

I looked at the yousendit option, and while it looks like it would work, it wasn’t exactly what I was looking for. I just wanted to send files via e-mail.

I was trying to help out a paranoid delusional who fears owning a computer, and I don’t have any information about the recipient or his computer capabilities.

Turns out the easiest solution is to fed ex the disc. Apparently all you need to do is cut an envelope out of a brown paper grocery bag, cut the needed letters for the address from various publications. An ideal source is a doctors office. But not your own! Don’t put a return address on it. Pay in cash. Of course wear clean cotton gloves. Now by following these simple guidelines you are safe from being found out and tracked. Who new?

Sam