Large E-mails – What Is The Solution?

There may come a time when you need send a file over the Internet that your email service just can’t handle. Sending large files is a pain, especially when your email spends quite a bit of time trying to attach it before finally tell you that it is just too big.

For business travellers this is a much greater problem as they often have to send large documents, sales proposals or complicated spreadsheets with macros.
As a local business sending large files and photos can be a problem so I spoke to my local computer repair company who were very helpful and gave me some very sound advice.

Videos are becoming increasingly common way of distributing data as well but even though compression technology has come a long way enabling files to be smaller, a video will often exceed the ISP (internet service providers) e-mail file size limit, so often files can be lost.

When you are sending large files, you have to find a source other than your email to do so. There are many sites that will help you with this, and some are geared towards business use.

Large files aren’t necessarily restricted to e-mails though as business often need to share other types of data, for example geographic maps or computer aided design files which even in lightweight form can be very large. The methods of file transfer will of course vary from FTP type sites to sites that send a link to the recipient and make the file available for download for a set period of time.
In reality there are a wide range of providers offering these services which at one time was simply unheard of, but in true business fashion where there is a demand then you can be sure someone will come up with a solution.
There will of course be a number of considerations you will need to take into account when using these types of service. Cost is one factor but equally important is the security of the data you are sending. Is the service you choose to use an established provider with defined data protection protocols in place for example.


If sending large files for business is an ongoing and increasing problem then it may be more cost effective to try and find an alternate in house solution. The advantage of course is that on the one hand the ongoing cost could be less, but more importantly you will be sure that your data will be as secure as it can be in your own hands.

For the time being , depending whether you need a business or home user large file sending service at least now you know that there are such services available online if you find your self in need of a quick fix or an ongoing solution.