Tommy-the-Greek Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Is there a way to transfer a 600,000kb file thru an e-mail or icq or msn messenger system? Is it impossible to transfer a file this big? I know I could burn a copy and mail it but it would be so much easier if I could just send it via a messenger system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashback Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Anything that big, the first thing I'd try to do is FTP it. However, if you don't have an FTP server up and running on your machine, I don't blame you. They're not really that hard to set up, but its probably not any easier or faster than burning a CD and mailing it. The other thing you might try is if your ISP provides you with a 10MB or so homepage, make a real simple HTML document (you can use Netscape Composer, and you can even do it with Word, but I've never done one that way), put the file on the web page, and your ISP tech support should help you get on the 'net. Then you can send the link http://www.myisp.com/tommy/homepage.html to your friend and they can download it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Originally posted by tommy-the-greek Is there a way to transfer a 600,000kb file thru an e-mail or icq or msn messenger system? Is it impossible to transfer a file this big? I know I could burn a copy and mail it but it would be so much easier if I could just send it via a messenger system. Ok, forgive my math - is that 60MB or 600MB? What's that big - movie maybe... I was thinking you could split the file and email the split portions of it and then rejoin it on the other end. Also, if its compressible - try maximum compression using WinZip or something like that program. Other than that, you will probably be very limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Tommy, If you do go the file splitting route - try this link... http://www.tucows.com/system/filesplit95_default.html There are a lot of programs to choose from, a lot of them free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiate-Zeo Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 If you have AIM, you can send it over that as well. all you do is right click on thier name and select send file, then send it. It's what I usually use if I don't feel like FTP'ing something up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheKurp Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 Have you tried sending the file via MSN Messenger? If so, what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy-the-Greek Posted May 16, 2003 Author Share Posted May 16, 2003 I didn't try MSN messenger I just thought it would be too big. I will try that and see what happens. I didn't know if there was a messenger server that specialized in big files? It wouldn't let me e-mail it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awgustlab Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 MSN Messenger is actually really easy to send files althoguh it may slow your stuff down a little and take a while to send. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted May 16, 2003 Share Posted May 16, 2003 FTP would be the route for a file that big or the homepage route if you got one big enough. Depending on the file type, compression routines may be able to reduce it by a large amount but still...well I know I'd hate to get an email attachment that large and your friend's email host may reject it anyway. If those avenues aren't available to you, burn a CD and sneaker it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 You can send any file over AIM or ICQ or MSN Messenger. Size does not matter. Be warned though, transfer rates are infamously slow. However, that would probably be easiest for you if you don't have an FTP to upload to. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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