Sending large files by mail. Sending to Hotmail

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Online sizes. In fact, there are several ways here. They are all good in their own way. Some, however, depend on the characteristics of your connection and the recipient. However, this is not a hindrance for us. We will try to cover all the methods that can be taken into account.

Via Skype

Well, if you are wondering how to transfer a file big size via the Internet, then you can take advantage of the relatively convenient and quick method. For example, if your friend is online, and your World Wide Web speeds are quite fast, then you can try making a transfer via Skype.

To do this, simply drag the required object into the field where you are writing a message, and then wait for your interlocutor’s response. It will accept the request and the sending will begin. Is it true, this method not particularly popular. Different types of files take different amounts of time to transfer. If you are going to transfer about 10-15 GB, or even more, then you can leave this scenario and not think about it at all.

If you are thinking about how to send a large file to your interlocutor (for example, a photo or video), then you can still try this method. When it comes to toys or anything else, it's best to stay away from it. Instead, we will offer you a couple more ways.

Archiving

Well, now it’s worth considering with you such an option as archiving. He can help answer you how to transfer a large file over the Internet. Moreover, you can put several documents into one archive. This will allow you to transfer several objects at once.

The thing is that archiving can compress the size of transferred documents. After this, you can, for example, download the resulting file to email and send it to a friend. True, here we're talking about about medium-sized documents. That is, it is useless to download the game.

Just select the files you need and then right-click. Click on "Add to Archive", and then specify the desired name of the result, as well as its location. So you can combine different types files in one object. After the process is completed, upload the resulting archive to Skype or email. That's all. True, the listed methods are somewhat similar. Let's look at more effective options.

File sharing

Well, now let's take a closer look interesting way. Moreover, it is one of the most popular. If you are thinking about how to transfer a large file over the Internet, you can try using a variety of file storage services.

In order for the user to have this opportunity, he needs to register on a special “exchanger” website. The most popular now: “Deposit Files”, “Mega”, “Rapidshara”, “Lightbeat”, “Turbobit”. Once you have decided where exactly you will go, all you need to do is complete a short registration. You will receive an account in which you will be able to upload documents. All you need to do is upload a large file and receive a link to access it. Next, you send the address to your friend, and he downloads the document.

It is best to use data archiving before uploading. This will help speed up the process of downloading the final document and make it a little smaller. Sometimes this approach can save 1-2 GB.

True, this method has a number of disadvantages. The first is a bunch of advertising when downloading a document. Unfortunately, there is no escape from it. The second minus is low speed download a file from a friend when selected free method. So let's see what else we can do.

Cloud

Another quite interesting way is to use the so-called cloud services For example, you can use "Google". Files from there, as users have noticed, are downloaded quite quickly. However, you can use Yandex.Disk as a “learning place”. It is with him that we will now work.

If you are thinking about how to send a large file to your friend, then you can completely use this service. To do this, you will have to register an account, and then “upload” the object we need there. As a rule, there are also small restrictions here. For example, a large size is available for free, not exceeding 10 GB. This is enough for a small toy. In addition, you will not be able to store many documents. Each cloud has its own limits on the total volume. In principle, for paid services you can increase the limit to 1 TB.

When you upload the document, you will receive a special link. Your friends and acquaintances will be able to download the file using it. You just need to give the download address. Nothing complicated. But how quickly the transfer to a friend’s computer takes place depends on his Internet connection. However, these are not all the ways. Let's see how to quickly transfer a file over the Internet without clouds.

Special programs

Now progress has reached the point that each user has the opportunity to use a variety of services for their own purposes. If you are wondering how to transfer a large file over the Internet (up to 5 GB inclusive), then you can use an interesting utility. It's called "File Dropped".

This service is something like our usual “Rapidballs”. It’s just that working here is several times easier. Moreover, you will not have to register. First of all, go to home page site. A window will appear in front of you, in which you will be informed that sending large files (up to 5 GB) is carried out in literally 2 steps. The first is uploading the document to the server, the second is receiving the final link for you and your friends.

Click "Upload". Now find required document and download it. When the process is complete, in a special window you will receive an address where you can find your file. Then you can copy it and pass it on to your friends. They will figure out how to get the document. However, things are not always that simple. And, not everyone is happy with the constant exchange of links. Thus, we have to think what else can be done.

Torrent

So we have come to perhaps the most popular and widespread method, which will allow us to quickly transfer and receive large files. This is nothing more than a torrent. The point is that this option we will pay Special attention. We will analyze in detail how and what needs to be done to get maximum efficiency.

In general, now this particular method is used everywhere to transfer huge and weighty documents. Particularly popular here professional programs and new items computer games. The download speed increases with the number of users who download the file. That is, you may not even have time to blink your eyes before the document is already in operating system. Very convenient and simple.

In order for you to be able to work with torrents, you will need special program. You can find several such applications on the World Wide Web. We will try UTorrent in action. Thus, let's begin our work.

Preliminary work

Well, now we will prepare our file for sending and, in fact, for receiving. First of all, we will need to download and install the torrent program. As we have already said, we will review Utorrent with you. We "extract" it from world wide web and install it on your computer. Now you just need to launch the application.

You'll find yourself in a program where there's nothing special on the right side right now. This is where the documents that we have “uploaded” and downloaded will be displayed. Let's start working with you as soon as possible. Click on "file" and then "create new torrent". An object selection menu will open in front of you. Here you can either add a specific document or folder. There are separate buttons for this idea.

Next, when you find required file, just click on “Create and save to...”. A window will open in front of you, where you just need to click “yes” and then select the location where the so-called torrent file will be placed (we will learn how to work with it later). Once you have completed this task, you can move on to the next stage.

We make you work

Now we’ll see how to transfer a large file over the Internet using the torrent we just created. Let's start the Utorrent client again. Click on "File" and then click on "Add New Torrent". Next, a familiar window will appear in which we will have to find the previously created document. Found it? Then select it and click on "Open".

Look at the program window. On the right side there will be a line with the name of your document, as well as the inscription “Distributed”. This is a sign of right action. Now click on the line right click mouse and select “Force run” from the list that opens. All you need now is to transfer the created small torrent file (which we just downloaded) to your friend. He will save it for himself, and then use the same torrent client to download it.

For the lazy

True, if you yourself downloaded a game or program using a torrent tracker, then, most likely, the most convenient and quick option The next move will be: find the address from which you downloaded the torrent, and then pass the link to a friend.

Ultimately, your friend will download this or that document faster than you could imagine, especially if we are talking about a toy. Each downloader gives others a little download speed. Due to this, users do not have to wait for several days in front of the computer waiting for the result.

I’m often asked: “How to send a file by email?” or vice versa, I ask someone to send me this or that file, and the person I ask has no idea how to do it...
Therefore, I decided to write this guide.
First, let's prepare a file that we will send by mail.
To do this, the file can be sent unpacked, i.e. as is, just attach the file to the letter, as an attachment, or packed in an archive...
If our file small size, then it can be sent without "Archiving", i.e. without compression...

If the file is large, it is better to pack it in "Archive", thanks to this, the file can become much smaller, which will speed up the transfer significantly.
Also, it must be said that today, some mail services do not allow sending executable files and many program library files. In the case of Windows, executable file this is .EXE - i.e. file-program, and .DLL - file-libraries (libraries can be not only dll files, but I won’t list them all). This approach postal services This is understandable, this is due to the fact that when transmitting such files, the latter can simply turn out to be viruses, Trojans and various similar nastiness... Therefore, mail servers, in order to avoid problems, during the transmission of a letter, simply cut off attached files that they consider suspicious. This also applies to script files and files containing sets of commands, such as .BAT and .CMD...
Therefore, such files should be packed into an archive, and not just packed, but packed and protected with a password!
And also, a few words about packaging and archiving of files... Picture files, such as .JPG, .PNG, are almost not compressed during archiving, they can be packed into an archive only if you want to send a lot of files in a letter, and adding them all one by one is very “tedious”... Text files, on the contrary, are compressed very much when packed into an archive; it happens that after compression, the archive has approximately 30% of the original file size. In this case, it is better, of course, to pack the files, because... the size will decrease significantly.
This means that we have found out that packing files into an archive, i.e. should be archived:
— If we want to transfer many files, after packaging, we will need to add only one file, and not 20 or 30 for example...
— If we want to transfer text files, because... when packaging, the size is significantly reduced, and naturally, if we have a lot of these files, then it is much easier to add one file to the letter...
— If we want to transfer a program file, etc. — the file(s) need to be archived so that the mail server does not cut them off...
Also, we know that images like .JPG, .PNG should be archived only if we want to transfer several files, because these files almost do not lose size when packaged...
Now let's talk about everything in order...
How to archive files:

For example, I have prepared several text files, which have a total size of 3.73 megabytes.
To pack files into an archive, we must have an archiver installed. Today the most common archiver is WinRar http://www.rarlab.com/) one minus of this program is that it is paid.
And the program 7-zip(official website of the program: http://www.7-zip.org/) this archiver is free, but less common.
Also, today, almost all operating systems support .ZIP archive files - this means that if you send a person a ZIP archive, he will simply be able to open it.
Now let's add the files to the archive. To do this, select the desired group files:

Click on them with the second (right) mouse button and select "Add to archive" (if you have some other archiver installed, the name of the menu item may differ).

The Add files to archive window will open:

In which we need to configure some parameters:
1 - Set the file name (to transfer files over the Internet, it is better to set names with Latin letters, so that there are no problems with encodings, etc.)
2 — Select the archive type (we already talked about this)
3 — Set the compression ratio (than stronger compression, the smaller our archive file will be)
4 - Press the button OK to create an archive.
Here is the dialog of the archiver program 7-zip:

As you can see in the picture, almost everything is the same, well, yes, they are called a little differently, but in principle, it’s easy to understand...
After packaging, we now have an archive file that is only 31.6 kilobytes in size, down from 3.73 megabytes!

Now, how to set a password for the archive:
WinRar— To create a password-protected archive, in the archive creation window, go to the tab "Additionally" and press the button "Set password".

A password setting dialog will open:

In which both fields should be filled in, i.e. password field and password confirmation field and click the button OK.
7-zip— To create a password-protected archive, in the archive creation window, fill in two fields, naturally the password and password confirmation:

After which, we carry out everything related settings, as described above.
Well, that's it, we've sorted out the packaging, let's now move on directly to sending the file by mail...
Adding a file to a letter.
Now, we need to figure out some things... In what way do we use mail - through some mail program or through web interface, i.e. by going through a browser to the mail server website, enter your data there, etc. (a browser is a program that you use to view Internet sites)
If you use Web Interface, then go to your mail account...
Create a new letter. (I will show as an example how this is done on servers google, mail.ru And yandex)
And after you write the text of the letter, if of course you need it, click:

Link "Attach file"- V google

button "Attach file"- V mail.ru

button "Attach file"- V yandex

After which, you will see a file selection dialog:

In which you need: - specify the path to the file, i.e. go to the folder in which you store files for transfer, or in which you created the archive. Choose required file and press the button Open.
After which, the file will be uploaded to the mail server and added to the letter:

If you need to add any more files, then click on the “Attach file” button or link again, and actually do everything that was described above...

Actually, that’s all, after creating a letter and adding an attached file, click on the send button and send the letter...
Now let's look at how to do all this through email programs. For example, I will talk about the two most common email programs, these are The Bat! And Microsoft Outlook.
First about Microsoft Outlook.
As in the case of the Web Interface, create a new letter, enter the addressee, subject, text of the letter...

Attach file

(in older versions this button is located in a different location)

In the same way, you can add several more files if necessary...
Now about "The Bat!"
As in all previous cases, we create a new letter, enter the addressee, subject, text of the letter...
To add a file, click the button Attach file

After which we will have an attachment file:

In the same way, you can add several more files if necessary...
That's it, to send the letter, click the send button...
Using this guide, you will be able to send files through most Mail Servers, using their Web Interface and Most Mail Programs... Because. almost everywhere, these functions are very similar, almost always, named the same and located in the expected places.
P.S.
In many ways mailers, at the time of creating a letter, you can add attachments simply by dragging files with the mouse into the editing window of the new letter (as from folder to folder).

There are many ways to send a file to someone over the Internet, and anyone who does this chooses the most obvious method - sending it by email. But there is a limit on the file size, usually 25 MB; some programs in .exe format are unlikely to be sent due to security restrictions. Unless by placing them in the archive. Many people use Skype for transfers; there are no restrictions on file size, but the transfer is not very fast, regardless of the network speed. I never waited until the end of the show large files, but used other tools, which I will discuss below.

Transfer using cloud services

Clouds have been part of our lives for quite a long time and obviously this is the most clear way transfer any files. All popular postal services has its own cloud.

Gmail has this Google Drive– initially 15 GB available for free, excellent integration with all Google services and excellent speed. Yandex mail has its own disk 10 GB expandable. Install the Yandex disk application on your smartphone and enable auto-upload of photos, you will get +32 GB. There is an interesting screenshot feature that saves them immediately to Yandex Disk. With the ability to edit and design screenshots taken. Mail from Mile boasts cloud for 50 GB for new users, previously it was possible to reserve 100 GB, this is, perhaps, all the advantages. The safest on this moment cloud Mega with 50 GB free, file encryption, cool interface and decent speed.

Didn't mention the most popular founder current Dropbox only because its meager 2GB is inherently unsuitable for transferring large files. Yes, and there are a lot of different clouds with different conditions I told in my opinion about the most popular ones in RuNet.

Transferring files this way has a number of advantages and disadvantages:

Transfer in a browser window

There are quite a few such methods, I’ll tell you about those that have been proven to work, there are no restrictions on the size of the transferred file, and they are also simple and understandable.

Dropmefiles.com

Perhaps the most functional service for moving large files. All functionality is in one window, with convenient tips and a clear layout of controls.

Drag the desired file or folder into the browser window, click to select on your computer, or use ctrl+v to paste from the clipboard.
Copy the link to send in a way convenient for you. Or send directly by mail adding a message of up to 140 characters.
Store the file on the service for up to 14 days or send it directly without closing the browser window.
Ability to set a password, alphabetic or numeric.
The speed of the service is quite good, of course, depending on your provider.

File.pizza

A very simple service for transferring any files directly from the browser; transfer is possible only when the window is open. And until the file is downloaded from the link received. If you need to send a file to multiple users, you will have to do it personally each time. This technology features you transfer the file directly without uploading to a third-party server.

The file is sent directly, excluding uploading to the server, p2p connection as a torrent.
Select or drag the desired file to transfer into the browser window.
Doesn't work in mobile safari.
Otherwise, charming and safe.

BitTorrent sync

Your personal torrent network, which requires a bittorent sync client to work, fortunately there is support for ALL platforms, including drives and others cloud devices. The program’s capabilities for exchanging and transferring files are impressive; you can read it in detail and very clearly. I will say that the speed is really good, encryption and file transfer directly make this method especially attractive. Such rosy praise is overshadowed by only two aspects: the indecent price of 2499 rubles / year for PRO version(although you can get by FREE version) and slightly confusing controls for the inexperienced user.

Anonymous method

Absolutely amazing free and anonymous service anonymousfiles.io transfer files up to 5 GB. Drag or select files from your computer. Get the link share the link.

You cannot delete downloaded files, but you can determine their lifetime up to 6 months. No logs or restrictions for uploading and downloading. Amazing and free secure exchange method.

Opinion

Every day we are getting closer to the fact that we perform most of the tasks in the browser; transferring large files over the network also moved to the browser window, moved to the cloud, or, as in the case of bittorent sync, mastered p2p networks and key encryption. Streams move in the 21st century with incredible speed and scale, and humanity has come up with plenty of tools for this!

If you know of others that are fundamentally different from those presented, write in the comments - it will be interesting!

Email is still one of the main methods of communication on the Internet. Email is especially often used for sending text documents, which are rarely large in size.

But sometimes there is a need to send a video, music or other big file. In such situations, users usually face limitations of email services. In most cases, the file exceeds maximum size and is not sent.

If you also encounter similar problem, then our article should help you. Here you will learn how to send a large file by mail.

Method number 1. Divide the file into parts.

If you need to send a large file by email, you can split it into parts and send each part as a separate email. This way you can bypass the maximum file size limitation.

In order to split the file into parts you will need any archiver. For example, you can download and install free archiver 7-zip. After installing the archiver, right-click on the file you want to send by mail and select “7zip – Add to archive”.

After this, a window with archiving settings will appear in front of you. There is no need to be intimidated by such a large window with a bunch of settings. Everything is quite simple here. In order for the resulting archive to be easily opened on any computer, you need to select “Archive format – zip”. In addition, you need to indicate what size parts the resulting archive should be divided into. To do this, you need to indicate the required file size under the “Split into volumes” line. The file size must be specified in bytes. In this case, you can specify “10M”, this will mean that you want to divide the archive into parts of 10 megabytes in size.

After archiving, you will receive several files with the size you specified earlier. Now each of these files can be sent by mail as a separate letter. And in order to unpack this archive and get it again original file, the recipient just needs to download all parts of the archive to his computer and open file number 001.

Method No. 2. Upload the file to cloud storage.

Another way to send large files by mail is cloud storage files. Cloud file storage is online services, which allow the user to store their files online. Files uploaded to such storage become accessible from anywhere in the world where there is an Internet connection.

The most popular cloud file storage services at the moment are DropBox, Google Disk, OneDrive and Yandex.Disk. In this article, using the DropBox service as an example, we will demonstrate how you can use cloud storage to send large files by email.

How can I transfer a large file over the Internet? different ways? Many users have encountered a similar problem because the transfer small files no problem.

The main problem when transferring a large file is its size. In most cases, services and applications limit the file size to a certain size, which cannot be exceeded.

A small file can be attached to a message Email, send the file via a message in the messenger. In these cases, there are restrictions on file size. With files small size everything is clear, but how to transfer a large file?

When transferring files of 1 GB or more, difficulties arise due to the large file size. It is no longer possible to attach such a file to a message in the traditional way; to transfer it you need a direct link and support of the service or application.

There are several simple ways send a large file over the Internet, which I will mention in this article. There are quite a few ways to transfer large files, I will tell you about the simplest and most convenient ways for the average user.

When sending large files, keep in mind that the following factors affect file transfer speed:

the larger the file, the longer the amount of time it will take to transfer it
Internet connection speed
workload remote servers at the time of file transfer, when using a third-party service

You can transfer large files over the Internet between computers using the following methods:

cloud storage
file sharing services
file hosting services
using synchronization
transferring a file via torrent

Traditional file sharing services (TurboBit, DepositFiles, etc.) are not suitable for exchanging files between users due to the fact that when free use On such services, the download speed is very limited. Therefore, it will take days to download a large file from there for free.

Synchronization tools allow you to transfer a file to another computer directly, but, unfortunately, free solutions Hardly ever.

Previously, it was possible to send large files via Skype until restrictions were introduced.

How to transfer a large file via Yandex Disk

To use the Yandex.Disk service, you must have a Yandex mail account. Using the Yandex service, you can transfer a large file in two ways: directly through Yandex Disk, or send a large file by attaching the file to an email message.

When sending a file via email, click on the "Attach files from Drive" icon and then send the message to the recipient.

You can attach a file up to 10 GB in size to an email message (provided the Yandex Disk client program is installed on your computer). The recipient can save a file larger than 2 GB on his Yandex.Disk, and a file up to 2 GB can be downloaded to a computer or saved to Disk.

Please note that Yandex Disk allows you to upload files up to 10 GB in size (via the Yandex.Disk application, or by), and when uploading via the web interface, the file size cannot exceed 2 GB.

The second way to transfer a large file via Yandex: copy the link to the file directly from Yandex Drive, and then send it to the recipient. The link can be sent to one person, several recipients, or posted publicly.

Follow these steps:

In the cloud storage, the file will be available for download continuously until it is deleted from the storage, or public access to this link is closed.

In a similar way, you can use the services of another cloud storage, for example Google Drive, Cloud Mail.Ru, Dropbox, etc. Cloud storages have different size provided to the user, some of its features.

How to send a large file to Mega

Mega.nz - cloud storage providing 50 GB free of charge disk space. Feature of this repository is the encryption of files placed in the cloud. Files are encrypted on the user's side.

In the “Export links and decryption keys” window that opens, select the right option to send a link to the file, and then copy the link.

Mega uses the following link export options:

Link without a key - link to a file without a decryption key
Decryption key - the key to decrypt the link
Link with key - link with decryption key

Another user can easily download the file to his computer by receiving a link to the file with the decryption key. When transmitting a link without a key, the recipient will have the opportunity to download the file only after receiving the decryption key.

To transfer large files, it makes sense to use the MEGASync application. For the recipient of a large file, it is advisable to have a Mega account in order to download the file without problems due to restrictions. After receiving a link to a file larger than 5 GB, the recipient must save the file on their Mega storage (this happens instantly), and then download the file to their computer from their storage.

How to transfer a large file to uTorrent

Using the program - torrent client uTorrent (or other similar application) you can transfer a large file directly between computers without using an intermediary: a torrent tracker.

Using technology that uses the BitTorrent protocol, a file from one computer is sent to another computer, without intermediaries.

Prerequisites for sending a file using this method:

both computers must have a torrenting program installed
file transfer occurs only when the computer sending the file is turned on and connected to the Internet

The file transfer process takes place in several stages:

Creating a torrent file with the extension “.torrent”.
Creating a distribution.
Transferring a torrent file or magnet link to the recipient in any convenient way.
Uploading a large file on another computer.

Read a detailed article about this method of sending large files to another computer.

Conclusions of the article

A user can transfer a large file to another user via the Internet using cloud storage, file sharing services, or torrent.