From: Gary Britt 

Isn't AIM AOL??  I am deathly afraid of letting AOL software anywhere near
my computer??  On a related note, what program/service do you guys use for
video chat between two people (one that doesn't load a bunch of crap that
fowls or slows down your computer)???

Thanks,

Gary

Geo. wrote:
> Have the consultants get an ICQ or AIM account and run trillian, you
> just drag the file to a buddy's name and drop it and it gets sent
> directly to them, you can even set it to autoreceive so it's real
> convenient even if you aren't around when they send it.
>
> Email is a horrible way to transmit files, ftp or IM are the way to go.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Richard B."  wrote in message
> news:blk853l0kahenp6phpe8enoeql34lk2tgd{at}4ax.com...
>> We have consultants, some are much smaller firms, who use various ISPs
>> to send email, like through Comcast.  I have a Comcast account that I
>> use for testing on occasion if I suspect a mail problem.
>>
>> Comcast has a 10 MB attachment file size limitation.  I find if I send
>> a 10.1 MB attachment,  Comcast rejects it and reports the size as
>> 13.41 MB.  I had to send a 7.3MB file in order to have it sent through
>> Comcast, who reported the sent file as 9.85 MB.
>>
>> Are they really saying that the transmitted file size is this large or
>> is something else going on?
>>
>> I get lusers calling me day after day complaining so-and-so had their
>> email rejected because of file size limitations.  I can't get them to
>> send me header info because they have no idea what I'm talking about,
>> some can't even zip a file.  Jeese I wanna live in the box under the
>> bridge today!
>>
>> Before you say "ftp" that is out of my hands, they are
looking into
>> doing this elsewhere.  FTP will come later, right now I have to deal
>> with this particular hand I've been dealt.
>>
>> - Richard 
>

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