Free File-Sending Service For Multiple Files?

macman

I've just signed up to yousendit.com in order to send some photos to a friend, about 20 in total. And then of course found that the free version does not allow multiple files to be sent (which I guess is fair enough, the service being free). And you can't fool it by grouping the photos into one folder first.
Is there a similar free service that is a bit more generous? The files aren't huge, about 5MB each, so I thought this would be OK on the free service, which advertises a 100MB limit.

KingL

can't you fool it by grouping them into an archive (using Winzip / Winrar / etc) first ?

Donnie

Yes. Zip them up. You can use 7-ZIP or WinRAR

With WinRAR you can create a 'self extracting archive' for your friend. That way he will not need any software to un-zip the folder.

Upload to MediaFire. Gives you up to 200MB per file I think.

Basil1234

or could sign up for a free 50gb online storage plan such as http://www.adrive.com/ sign up for free on the basic plan. then upload what you need is quiet a useful tool just send links out to friends for things you want them to be able to download from adrives server!

macman

Following on from this I managed to send the files by email in the end, but something curious happened in the process. 8 JPEG's to send:I put 4 JPEG's into each of 2 folders, one folder attached to each of 2 emails. That kept the file size down to under 10MB. The recipient's PC blocked them as suspicious and he said that they were zipped. I did not zip them or compress them in any way. So how come they ended up zipped?
I then resent them, 4 attachments per email,, but this time discarded the folder. This time they arrived unzipped and unblocked. How come?
I sent using Apple Mail, recipient has Outlook Express.

Hammyman

Apple Mail did it automatically.

scottishblondie

I'd recommend Dropbox for sharing files, it's really easy to use

davester

scottishblondie wrote: »

I'd recommend Dropbox for sharing files, it's really easy to use

I was thinking the same thing just couldn't remember what it was called. Someone recommended it to me but hadn't got round to looking and forgotten the name.

Its really simple, you download the software so does the person who you want to send too, onto the computers, set up an account. link the accounts so that a folder with their name on it appears in your program window, then you just drag stuff into it like you do any folder on your computer, it uploads to the server and auto downloads the next time the other person turns on their computer and get notified. They can send you stuff the same way. You get with Drop box I think 2GB of free space, so plenty for shifting pics and documents.

Patrick20

Yep another recommendation for dropbox. Once you start using it for one thing you realise how many other applications it has. Its in my group of applications that i install as soon as i get a new pc/hard drive.

KingL

macman wrote: »

Following on from this I managed to send the files by email in the end, but something curious happened in the process. 8 JPEG's to send:I put 4 JPEG's into each of 2 folders, one folder attached to each of 2 emails. That kept the file size down to under 10MB. The recipient's PC blocked them as suspicious and he said that they were zipped. I did not zip them or compress them in any way. So how come they ended up zipped?
I then resent them, 4 attachments per email,, but this time discarded the folder. This time they arrived unzipped and unblocked. How come?
I sent using Apple Mail, recipient has Outlook Express.

yes, several email providers have it set up this way. Not sure why, probably intended as a method of using less bandwidth. Mine has (incoming) attachments as a zip if you select "download all attachments" or as the raw files if you download them one by one.

There will be a way of overriding the 'suspicious' flag for zip files on his email account. zip files can be used to hide viruses, but they'll be a setting somewhere where he can allow their delivery if he wants to. Alternatively if you wanted to send a zip file, you can manually zip them first, then add the file extension ".txt" to the end of the filename (so you end up with the file "archivename.zip.txt") and then attach that, telling him to manually remove the .txt bit at his end...

macman

Hammyman wrote: »

Apple Mail did it automatically.

But strangely, when I resent the same files to myself they came through unzipped.
And why does putting the files in a folder make any difference?
Is there an option in Apple Mail to turn this feature off?