On 2010/02/04 06:03 (GMT-1000) David Farrington composed:

> Jessi T wrote:

>> I'd like to send video files to my personal contacts, via email. The problem is they are too large for the servers to handle. this includes broadband servers.

There's another problem: doing so is extremely rude unless explicitly
invited, and even then an email fetch that includes any large file can
instead of the normal few seconds to do take many minutes or even hours to do.

> Is there a way I can break them down into segments and get them through as complete?.....

Sure, but there are much better, and polite, ways to share files large....

> I can't talk about splitting files and having them arrive complete. I am 
> waiting for that information myself. What I have done to get large MP4 
> file delivered to users or watchers in my case is to open a free account 
> at 4shared.com. I can upload the files usually 49Mbs or larger, 4shared 
> provides me with the link address, then I send email to all my watchers 
> with the link. The watchers can view the file online or they can 
> download the file for their use. 4share offers password protection for 
> files and folders. 4shared is not the only place to offer storage space. 
> By now there are probably better places. I know Microsoft offers 25Gb of 
> storage where as 4share is only 10. HTH. Aloha.

Note that free file sharing as above is not your only option. Apache web
server software is free. As long as you have adequate upload capacity, and as
long as what you intend to share is not illegal, and as long as you're not
using it in a money making operating operation that violates your ISP's
T.O.S., you can host files yourself using Apache, then via email provide
links to your hosted files to your contacts that they can use to download if
they choose to do it at all, and when it is convenient for them to do it.
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