[PLUG] Web file transfer site recommendations

Larry Brigman larry.brigman at gmail.com
Fri Jul 24 06:37:30 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:09 PM, John Jason Jordan<johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
> 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.

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