There is an free service called yousendit, www.yousendit.com which you can use to send large files, it is actually very good, AFAIK there is no upper limit, the receiver gets an email with dl info, the link is valid a day or two. With best regards Tomas Larsson Sweden Verus Amicus Est Tamquam Alter Idem > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Vian > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:18 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Looking for the best way of sending a 50MB file > > > On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 16:08 +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I need to send a 50MB file to someone. What is the simplest way of > > doing that? I do not have any web-site to put the file for > > downloading... Any ideas? Is it complicated to setup a secure ftp > > server? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Paul > > > If your machine has direct internet access (no > firewall/router) so your friend can connect directly it is > easy to set up an ftp server. Vsftpd works well. However, I > would not recommend leaving ftp open for extended periods. I > would also suggest only using the public ftp service and > allowing him to download from you. > > If time is not critical, a CDROM is cheap and easy to mail. > > scp is also another option, and that is no harder than > providing minimal config and having him connect with a valid account. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
