[PLUG-TALK] No-cost cloud file distribution for naive users

[Bill Barry]

Gmail has a feature for doing that. It is called Insert files using Drive.
There is an icon to the right of the Attachment Icon. You select a file
from the Upload tab and say Insert as Drive Link. That uploads your file to
google drive and sends a google drive link to the person instead of sending
the file.  Here is an example.

On the Origins of gravity and the Laws of Newton, by E.P. Verlinde.
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 105001_357036.pdf
<https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B11VLz78sZ8NazFpRk9oY1hJa1k/view?usp=drive_web>
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Bill Barry

On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 8:40 AM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
wrote:

>    I have a couple of folks who have difficulty receiving e-mail messages
> from me with PDF attachments. I have a dropbox account and can put files up
> there for them to download, but I would like something really simple as a
> solution.
>
>    Is there a web site where I can upload files, pass the URL to the
> intended
> recipient, and have them download it without needing to download and
> install
> software or create an account?
>
>    My web search tells me there are multiple dropbox alternatives yet they
> all seem to require a degree of computer sophistication I suspect is
> lacking
> in the folks having difficulty receiving messages with attachments. The
> alternatives appear to focus on sharing/collaborating among employees or a
> team working together on a project, not an individual needing to grap a
> file
> or two.
>
> Rich
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