[PLUG] Web file transfer site recommendations

John Jason Jordan johnxj at comcast.net
Fri Jul 24 06:09:06 UTC 2009


On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:00:01 -0700
Bill Barry <barryb at proaxis.com> dijo:

> On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:58 PM, drew wymore<drew.wymore at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:55 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>wrote:
> >
> >> I must use PSU's e-mail servers, even for my Comcast account, or I
> >> won't be able to send e-mail when I am on campus.
> >>
> >> Recent "upgrades" to the university e-mail system changed the maximum
> >> e-mail attachment from 20 MB to 8 MB.
> >>
> >> Side question 1: How does this benefit the university? Doesn't the
> >> entire e-mail and all its attachments merely pass through the
> >> university's computers? Am I correct in thinking that the 20 ~ 8 MB
> >> never resides on the university's servers?
> >>
> >> This is seriously annoying to me. I cannot get files from my professors
> >> because they are too big to pass through the university's e-mail
> >> system.
> >>
> >> As a workaround, I am looking for web-based file storage sites. All I
> >> have found so far are unacceptable.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of such a site (free) that does not require an e-mail
> >> address so they can spam me forever with requests that I upgrade to a
> >> for-pay account?
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> >
> >
> > John,
> > Gmail should work but .. barring that I can set up webdav or ftp on my box
> > in a pdx colo for you if you want.
> >
> 
> I second the gmail suggestion. You get an smtp server you can use from
> anywhere and you can use 25MB attachments

I do have a gmail account, which I use for various purposes. But in
order to send to it from PSU I have to send through the PSU servers.
Plus, even 25 MB is sometimes not enough.

I'd prefer a web-based thing like yousendit, sans spam and bs. And it
needs to be permanent, so I can explain to professors how to use it and
not have to change to a different servers a couple months later.



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