DropSend
I had to get two really big files to a couple people today. Our FTP has been misbehaving lately, as has our FedEx man. One semi-reliable source witnessed him standing in front of our building yesterday looking for 2929 Carlisle. My witness says he pointed out the GIANT STEEL 2929 on our building, at which point the courier mumbled, "It's after six anyway - I'll just come back tomorrow." Well, I'm on a deadline today and can't risk intermittent servers or incompetent delivery persons.
Enter DropSend. I noticed this link sometime ago as it appears after each of Mr. Oxton's posts. Until today I never had a reason to give it a spin. Here's the lowdown:
1 user
250mb of online storage
Send 5 emails (up to 250mb each) per month
Free.
For right now, this is all I need, but there's plenty plenty more storage if you want to pay for it. Because I generally FTP my larger files, I don't foresee ever needing more than the free account. But if you're interested, check out the specs at http://www.dropsend.com/pricingsignup.php.
I thought about taking a whole bunch of screen shots and providing a little tour. Lucky for you (and me, I guess), they've already posted a tour of the application. I suggest you take it for a spin yourself.
Category: General Thoughts, For Fun, Web Technical, Technologies
June 21st, 2006 at 10:26 am
I know a web site with similar service www.yousendit.com, Hope it would be handy for all of you
June 21st, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Matt:
You might also want to consider a local Dallas company, PrivaSign.com (https://privasign.com). PrivaSign.com is a secure, web-based electronic signature capture service, but many people use it to transfer large files, that need to get somewhere securely, and need delivery confirmation proof.
Anyway, if you want to try it out use promotional code “esign” and you will be able to send 5 or 6 files for free.
Hope you like it. I use it all of the time, and it has saved me a ton of time and money.
Lance
July 6th, 2006 at 3:07 pm
Thanks for the tips!