sending a large file via email

lemontart

all the email accounts available seem to have a limit of 25mb for attachments I have a file of 157 that cannot be split down to send - any recommendations should I convert to zip file if so can any one recommend some software for that

thanks in advance

Browntoa

www.mediafire.com

then share the link with the person so they can download

lemontart

do not want to upload anywhere as confidential file

InsideInsurance

If you use a dedicated compression tool like winzip it has the option of splitting it into multiple files and normally you can set the maximum size for each file it creates.

Sending it over the internet by email is really not any more secure than uploading it to a host and sharing the link to it. In both cases you can encrypt the file to reduce the chances of anyone who does gain access to it being able to read its content

davb

I would use 7zip for compression as it is totally free, but sending a file of that size by email is destined for failure. If it's much over 10MB then it's going to be unpredictable if it will arrive, so you should be looking at some sort of upload/download option. If security is an issue then email is not secure anyway, and has been mentioned you can always encrypt it.
As a last resort you could always encrypt the file, burn it to CD, and post it.

macman

If it's confidential, then it's more secure putting it on a CD and posting it than sending it via email-anyone can read it via email.

scheming_gypsy

Your only options are uploading or sending on disk / memory card etc through the post, or using a file transfer programme, although your options will be limited depending on if you're trying to do it from work or at home.
You'll struggle to find anywhere that will let you email a file the size of a baby elephant

S0litaire

The only 3 options are

1) Send it via the postal system.

2) Encrypt the data and post to a media share service (I'd suggest SpiderOak as it encrypts everything before remote storing)

3) Use a program line "winrar" which has the option to compress and split a file into 15Mb chunks good foe sending via email. You can password protect the file.

Ximian

Or... set up SSH and SCP the file across

lemontart

Ximian wrote: »

Or... set up SSH and SCP the file across

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lemontart

S0litaire wrote: »

The only 3 options are

1) Send it via the postal system.

2) Encrypt the data and post to a media share service (I'd suggest SpiderOak as it encrypts everything before remote storing)

3) Use a program line "winrar" which has the option to compress and split a file into 15Mb chunks good foe sending via email. You can password protect the file.

Tried using win rar having watched tutorial video and cannot do what is shows to do i.e select file, specify size of files to split into ..............