[plug] uploading large files

[Jon L. Miller]

WQorked out the problem I had to increase the mail size for postfix in
both the gateway server and the internal server.

Jon
On Fri, July 18, 2008 18:23, Gavin Chester wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 07:10 +0800, Jon L. Miller wrote:
>> Got a client that wants to send me a large file (80MB) from the US and
>> her
>> ISP has restriction on file sizes that can be e-mailed as attachments.
>> I
>> was thinking along the line of one of the free upload file sharing
>> sites,
>> but do not want to trust the  file to that.  I also could have her send
>> it
>> to one of my servers via ftp, but have not set that up due to security
>> reasons.  I would imagine it would be better to do the former and then
>> turn the service off.
>> Are there any other choices?  She is sending a file from a Mac Notebook.
>>
>
> I know this is getting a bit old, but:
> Having ruled out ftp transfer, file upload to user's site and other
> options, have you considered file 'splitting' apps? When I had this
> problem running windoze95 years ago, I found an app that would slice a
> file into definable-sized parts that I sent by separate emails. The app
> included a 'stitching' file that allowed correct reassembly of all
> parts. Since it was available for windoze there maybe one for mac. Just
> a thought.
>
> Gavin
>
>
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