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ImperiusDamian <damianblack.wolf@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2012-05-31 07:08 PM, freemont wrote:
> >
> > May I suggest Opera Unite?
> >
> > <http://unite.opera.com/overview/>
> >
> > I've used it safely for some time and recommend it highly for what y'all
> > are trying to do.
> >
> > For instance, if I wanted to get this really old Nvidia driver to you,
> > and email wasn't working because of its size or some other reason, I'd
> > send you this link:
> >
> > <http://home.freemont.operaunite.com/file_sharing/content/%
> > 23/91.47_forceware_winxp2k_english_whql.exe>
> >
> > and my password. Done. :-)
> >
> > Errr... I'm about to reboot to Winders to play some so that link will
> > fail until I'm back in this OS, but you get the idea.
> 
> Alternatively there's Dropbox, which needs no introduction. ;)

And unless you already have a similar service or your own FTP server,
etc, Dropbox is probably something you should have - it's free up to
2GB, and just about the easiest way to share files, ever. In this case
you would place your files (or to make it easier zip them all together
into one meta archive) into your Dropbox Public folder, wait a few
seconds for them to begin syncing with the Dropbox site, then rightclick
on each and 'Copy Public Link'. Then paste this link into an email or
Usenet post, and send. Once the files are finished syncing, your
recipients can then start downloading them simply by clicking on said
links, even if you've since gone offline (but finished syncing first, of
course), as it's from the Dropbox site, not you.

Dropbox also offers secure sharing (public sharing only generates
non-secure yet random and hard to guess links - but is easier. So you'd
use it for something like this, but not for sharing your tax records
with your accountant), and photo sharing with a nice web UI for people
to view your photos.
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