[Gmail-Users] Re: impossible to send or receive 200 MB?

On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 16:03:37 +0100, Maddalena Corvaglia <maddycorv@gmail.com>
Subject: [Gmail-Users] impossibile to send or receive 200 MB?
Wrote these words of wisdom:

>
> Hello,
>
> a friend of mine want to send me a 200 MB folder ( a movie ), so i
> have space enough and more for keeping it but i think that i can't
> receive more than 10MB as usual and he, even if i send him an invite
> for gmail, even from gmail can't send me more than 10 MB. Is it true?
> Do you know if there are mail, also not free, where i have unlimited
> space to send things?
>
> thanks to everyone,
> Maddy

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On 11/26/2005 10:34:23 AM Gerard Seibert Replied:

200 MB is a large file to send via e-mail. If you have a web site, and
it offers anonymous FTP, you could just upload the file there and let
your friend download.

There is an RFC that gives the specifications for sending a file in
partial segments. Gmail does not offer that service. MS Outlook does
however, as well as Becky Internet Mail.

I believe that WinZIP use to offer the option of breaking a file into
smaller bits and ZIPPing them up. If it is still available, you could
use it to break your file into twenty segments and send them to your
friend. He would then reverse the process.

Finally, considering that postage is so very cheap, much cheaper than
buying a dedicated piece of software to accomplish what you want, just
burn the file to a CD and send it to him/her via snail mail.

By the way, many ISPs will block the transmission of a file as large as
you are describing. It overloads their servers. Many limit to 25Mb or
less. Check with your ISP for further details.

HTH

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Gerard Seibert
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