You have taken a nice video of your Son’s Birthday function and would like to send it to your parents. The video size is around 150 MB. When you try to send it as an email attachment you are struck- the maximum email attachment size allowed is 25MB( for Gmail users but more or less same for all email providers).
Furthermore, you cannot send a certain type of files ( like .exe file) as email attachments whatever may be its size. See the list of files that cannot be sent as Gmail attachments.
.ade, .adp, .apk, .appx, .appxbundle, .bat, .cab, .chm, .cmd, .com, .cpl, .dll, .dmg, .exe, .hta, .ins, .isp, .iso, .jar, .js, .jse, .lib, .lnk, .mde, .msc, .msi, .msix, .msixbundle, .msp, .mst, .nsh, .pif, .ps1, .scr, .sct, .shb, .sys, .vb, .vbe, .vbs, .vxd, .wsc, .wsf, .wsh
What options are available to you to send large files. Let us explore.
- Transfer files through mail service providers like Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive.
- File Compression
- FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
- 3rd Party Service providers
Transfer files through Email service providers
If you have a Gmail account you can upload and share all files including the .exe files and share. Your Gmail account will allow you 15GB of free storage( that includes your email and attachments also). You can upload files and share the link for download by your friends.
Even whey you try to send big files as Gmail attachments, it prompts you to save to google drive and send as a sharable link. you can provides rights for the users to view only/ comment only/ editable while sharing the link. One big advantage is that the link never expires.
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Microsoft one drive basic package comes with 5 GB of storage space, a personal vault for storing 3 files, and office applications like word, excel, and PowerPoint and outlook built-in. You access it with a Microsoft account or Hotmail account. You can use this for uploading and sharing files and share it using a sharable link. There is no expiration for the link and you can share with specific rights like view/comment/edit.
File Compression
This is a very old prevalent practice to compress big files and folders to reduce the size and then transfer them over internet. You can use open source compression software like 7 Zip. It is free to use.
You create a folder of your video files( or any other files) and using 7-Zip, compress to a zip file. 7-zip format is superior to conventional zip formats.
7-Zip application is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS operating systems also..
However 7-Zip performance on desktop is smooth. But for mobiles you need additional soft wares for unzipping the zip files like extractors.
Share large files using FTP
If you have access to server resources using FTP ( File Transfer Protocol) you can upload the files using applications like File Zilla client. It is a free solution. You can upload files of any size( subject to the limitations imposed by your server). Fire FTP is another solution that can be downloaded from Github. Certain Hosting service Providers like Justhost will not allow you to use the server as storage except your website content.
- Firefox Send is a free transfer service from Mozilla that lets you share files from any browser on the PC
you can share files as large as 1GB. If you sign in with a free Firefox account, Send allows files as hefty as 2.5GB. When you share a file via Send, the recipient receives a link to click and download it.
You can then decide on a few link-sharing security options, like whether the link will expire after a specific number of downloads or a certain amount of time.
A password can also be used to secure the files being sent. Check the box for Protect with Password and then type the password you want to use. Anyone who receives the link will need the password to access the file.
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