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echo: osdebate
to: RobertB
from: Glenn Meadows
date: 2007-06-14 12:44:18
subject: Re: sending big files?

From: "Glenn Meadows" 

There are sites that allow you to upload files, then enter an email address
of a person to notify, and there is a link in the email that triggers a
download of the file you uploaded.

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Glenn M.
"RobertB"  wrote in message
news:missinglink-D0981A.11445114062007{at}news.barkto.com...
> Is there a way other than e-mail to send a large (4 MB) file to a friend
> who knows nothing about FTP or the command line? I could send the file,
> but it would be pretty big once converted by the e-mail application,
> which is not the most efficient way to send files hither and yon.
>
> I suppose I could upload a copy to a directory at my ISP, but how is he
> going to download it? Can I set up a primitive Web page to do that?

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