Another way to send large files to email

July 9 by | 6 comments | Lifehack, Technology |

Sometimes it is hard to send large files to people using email as the recipient email account may limit filesize of an email attachment.

Recently I found out there is a service called SendThisFile which enable you to easily transfer large files to email.

When you register an account (there is a free plan) and send your file to a recipient, the file will be actually uploaded to their server and they will send the recipient an email with a link to the file. Then the recipient can click the URL to download the file. Free account do have some limitations but it does do the work pretty well.

Update: Some lifehack.org readers have suggested two more similar services called YouSendIt.com and DropLoad.com. Both are very good file sending services. Thanks Tomislav, Maneesh and Ryan!


SendThisFile Service
YouSendIt Service
DropLoad Service

  • tomislav

    Or just use yousendit.com for free… files up to 1gb.

  • http://www.maneeshsethi.com Maneesh Sethi

    Also, dropload.com, I don’t think you need to register there.

  • http://masuga.com ryan

    I have found yousendit.com to invaluable. I had to transfer large files to Hong Kong for a print job and it worked beautifully, and it is free.

  • http://blogebrity.com/blog Nick Douglas

    Another vote for YouSendIt; it has the simplest implementation with the fewest limits.

  • Bacon

    For corporate that wish to cater for their employee to use large file transfer,may want to consider http://www.justattach.com 
    It has built in security and audit trail.

  • Marie Brule

    Anyone came across a non-cloud based solution using browser for big file transfer ?  We tested secured FTP, it’s challenging to manage the client and various firewall security settings to get it work.