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TransferBigFiles.com - Free Large File Sending Service

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By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

TransferBigFiles.com - Free Large File Sending Service

TransferBigFiles.com - Free Large File Sending Service

Heinz Tschabitscher
The Bottom Line
TransferBigFiles.com makes it easy to deliver larger files (up to 1000 MB) to email recipients, and the files can even be protected with a password. Unfortunately, files sent through TransferBigFiles.com are available to be downloaded by the recipient for a mere five days. Amenities like an address book, distribution lists and email program integration would be nice.
Pros
  • TransferBigFiles.com lets you email files up to 1 GB reliably and easily
  • Files can be protected with a password, and you can get notified when they are downloaded
  • TransferBigFiles.com supports multiple files and multiple recipients per email
Cons
  • Files are available to be downloaded for only five (or ten) days
  • You cannot submit files and emails via email, and TransferBigFiles.com has no secure web interface
  • TransferBigFiles.com lacks an address book or distribution lists
Description
  • TransferBigFiles.com delivers large files via email.
  • Any file (or the total of multiple files) can be up to 1000 MB in size.
  • You can send any TransferBigFiles.com message and files to multiple recipients.
  • TransferBigFiles.com lets you protect the download of sent files with a password.
  • When sent files are downloaded, TransferBigFiles.com can send you a notification.
  • TransferBigFiles DropZone lets you send files by dragging and dropping them in Windows.
  • DropZone users can view a history of their sent files.
  • TransferBigFiles.com DropZone supports Windows XP/Vista.
Guide Review - TransferBigFiles.com - Free Large File Sending Service
Files and the space allotted to email accounts have grown, but the maximum size of a single email that can be received often has not. As you try to send GB-sized attachments, you will often meet delivery failures and bounced messages.

One solution, of course, is to post the file to a server and then send the link. Compared to attaching the file to an email, this is arduous a task — too arduous often. TransferBigFiles.com makes it a lot easier, however.

Through a simple web interface, TransferBigFiles.com lets you send larger files to email recipients. TransferBigFiles.com does the work of storing the file on a server and mailing the appropriate download link.

You can pack multiple files into one delivery, but their combined size cannot exceed 1 GB. Using additional options, you can protect your files with a password or get notified when they are downloaded.

With so comfortable a service, it's a bit of a pity that TransferBigFiles.com does not integrate with email clients to make use of or at least mimic the normal attachment sending process. For Windows users, a system tray application called TBF DropZone allows for drag-and-drop sending. DropZone can resume uploads and keeps a history.

More annoying, at least to some, may prove the fact that files sent via TransferBigFiles.com are available to be downloaded for only five days (10 days if sent via DropZone). A sensible measure to be sure, but some people are notoriously slow to open their emails...

2 out of 5 2 out of 5
TBF Drop ZoneNovember 24, 2008By AvrohomD
"The offer to send files up to 1 GB is very nice. And that it is compatible with Vista -- also sounds nice. However, when I tried uploading a large file, the upload went at a slow pace of 10 kbps. It would take hours to upload a large file! And when I tried using their DropZone software (for dragging and dropping files) with my Vista OS, it did NOT work at all!"
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