Don't Email That File!

The speed and capabilities of Internet email programs have increased dramatically over the last few years. In the past one would never send a large attachment with an email message because it would almost always hose up the user's email and cause various problems. Today it's a different story. Sending a 5 or 10 meg or even larger attachment almost never causes any noticeable problems. I say noticeable because even though the file may leave your Outbox, it can cause many problems along its way to the recipient. And many recipients are restricted from receiving large attachments if they are able to receive them at all. Because of the high risk nature of attachments, many companies will not allow users to receive any attachments via email

There is a great alternative. It is a web based service called YouSendIt. You simply log into the website, give the email address of the person you want the file to go to and select the file you want to send. YouSendIt then sends an email to the recipient which includes a link to download the file from. The file never goes through the email system. I have used the system myself and find it works very well. You can send files of up to 1 Gig.

Of course, make sure you have virus scanning software running the latest virus definition files on your workstation whenever you work with foreign files.

Click here to go to the YouSendIt website.