Filepool: the solution to file attachment restriction (filepool.com)

Member Name: biobaby11

Product:	filepool.com
Date:	10/07/00 (68 review reads)
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Advantages: free, good way to transfer files

Disadvantages: doesn't always work! and could be faster

Many of you, like me will be Hotmail or Yahoo mail users; these are both great email providers as you can access them from anywhere, but I have recently had problems as both of them place 1MB and 1.5MB (respectively) restrictions on attachments. What does this mean? ell to me it means I can't send work in without having to split it all up, which is really great news for my boss, and it can also mean that you can't send files you want to, eg. music. The solution to this? A website called www.filepool.com. Basically this is a site you can go to and upload any files that you would like to send someone to a secure website. Once you have uploaded all files, you are given a link for each one. You sedn this link to the person who wants the file, and they can access it that way. This is a brilliant way of being able to send bulky files which you couldn't otherwise.
There is also an option to attach everything offline. The system is incredily easy to use, and attachment time is average. It's also free, which is always a good thing! My only quibble is that it could be faster and sometimes it doesn't work, which is annoying when you've sat there for half an hour expecting it to! Overall a good backup for if you need to go abroad or away and are using Hotmail as your email.

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