Need to send Large Files?

Now I know this doesn't really have much to do with e-learning but it is a piece of useful technology that I tell all my clients about and it's free!

If you've ever tried to send anything via email larger than a couple of Mb, you may have problems. This can be due to a number of reasons, mainly because either your email client or the receiver's email client could be set at a limit to ease the transfer of data into the internal networks, but also because of the way email works, you may get delivery issues. Email works by splitting your message into tiny packets of data with a header that ties them all together and reorganises them at the other end. When you send huge files say a PowerPoint presentation of say 50Mb, the chances for missing or corrupted packets, or slow delivery increases.

So enter this great piece of software that makes this process easy. Yousendit.com You have to register, but then it allows you to send files up to 100Mb. Of course if you need to password protect ("encrypt") the files, you may have to pay for a subscription, but if it's regular files the free service is so handy. Here's how it works. You browse to your file and upload it to Yousendit's server. You tell them what email address to send it to and they simply email your recipient to let them know the link to the file that they need to pick up within 7 days. The recipient then clicks on the link at their end and wait whilst the file downloads from Yousendit's server. Simple! Tell your friends!