I found two free services that come in handy when you want to transfer files that are bigger than your email server’s limit. YouSendIt and DropLoad make it really easy to upload a large file (up to 1 Gig) to their servers via a simple webpage, so there’s no need to use an FTP client. After the file is uploaded, an email is sent to the “recipients” with instructions to download, which must be done within 7 days.
This is a great service for people who have trouble emailing large attachments. Sure, you could always setup an FTP server and grant the person access, but for one-time deals or non-technical folks, these sites provide a simple and elegant solution.
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TinyURL.com is a neat little site where you can submit a really long URL to make tiny. When someone clicks the TinyURL link (or pastes it in their address bar), they are briefly taken to the TinyURL.com page, then instantly redirected to the appropriate site. It’s a real simple concept, but it’s also really handy, especially when you’re posting a long URL into an email where the text wrap might break it.
For example, this gargantuan 322 character URL:
http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=157+E+Rosemary+St,+Chapel+
Hill,+NC+27514+(Hell)+%4035.914810,-79.054805&saddr=Micr
osoft+Corp,+1+Microsoft+Way+%23+8,+Redmond,+WA+98052+(Micros
oft+Corp)+%4047.644154,-122.118906&f=li&hl=en&dq
=hell&cid=37062500,-95677068,15779228992678768709&ll
=54.876607,-93.691406&spn=43.504226,119.882812
… becomes this a sleek and paste-friendly one.
http://tinyurl.com/f7enh
Only 24 carbs chars!
I use that particular TinyURL link to give directions all the time. :) Very handy.
AOL sucks for blocking my emails to AOL customers. From their mail FAQ:
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504 – (RTR:BB) The IP address you are using to connect to AOL is a dynamic (residential) IP address. AOL will not accept future e-mail transactions from this IP address until your ISP removes this IP address from its list of dynamic (residential) IP addresses. For additional information, please visit http://postmaster.info.aol.com.
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In these cases, the mail is being rejected because AOL believes it is being sent directly from someone’s computer, rather than through their ISP’s legitimate mail server, a common sign of malicious or abusive email. This can be fixed by them using a stable, legitimate mail server.
You mean I can’t email my brother because I’m a Gundy rather than a Comcast? Way to turn the WWW into the CPW (crappy proprietary web)! This is just one more reason that AOL totally sucks.
Business, Technology | Jordy | 
July 18, 2006 12:32 pm | 
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