$2.99 for 50gb of storage on scale ways per month. Seems easy to me...? On Sep 12, 2016 7:22 PM, "David Schwartz" wrote: > I am a photographer and the images I send my clients >>> >> > Sound like this is a business endeavor for you. You should have the common > sense to pay for services that complement your business and make life > easier FOR YOUR CLIENTS! > > Email is absolutely the WRONG MEDIA to use for shipping large files. And > it would make life MISERABLE on your clients! > > Why? Because most hosted mailboxes (not things like GMail) are limited to > 250MB in size, unless explicitly changed. > > Think … Microsoft Exchange Server, which is extremel common for lots of > businesses. Even Linux servers running common email services often set up > their default mailbox size to 250MB. > > The fact is, you have no idea how much storage any client’s mailbox might > have in it. Like voicemail, lots of people don’t bother deleting stuff > until someone tells them they got an email bounced back saying their > mailbox is full. Shoving a bunch of humonguous files at them is a surefire > way to piss them off. > > > The whole world is moving to cloud storage. There’s a reason: you don’t > have to be responsible for (managing) the hosting! > > Maybe this article will help: > > http://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-the-best-cloud-storage-for-you/ > > > One more that I’d suggest if you want to host something at your home or > office: > > http://tonido.com > > > The only problem with hosting something like Tonido at home is that, while > the time to upload a gig or two of data to the device is fairly fast FOR > YOU over your local network, anybody OUTSIDE of your local network will > have to suffer through whatever your ISP’s upload throttle is set to — > 10-20 megs is “fast” for most plans these days, and will result in several > hours per gig. > > Your best bet, IMHO, is to use a cloud-based service like Dropbox that > lets you send a link to individual files or folders to your client. They > get the benefit of full-bandwidth downloads without the penalty of having > their mailbox “mail-bombed” by your huge payloads that might not even fit. > > BTW, Dropbox has a nice feature whereby if you send a link to a folder > that contains images, they automatically set up an image browser for you! > > Also, the MONTHLY cost for most of these services is LESS than the cost to > send a DVD disk via overnight mail ONCE. > > If you’re in this to make money, you should go with the cheapest, most > effective option that makes your clients happy. > > Stuffing huge files into their mailbox might be cheap, but it’s sure not > gonna make them happy! (And it will probalby fail more often than not, > making them even more unhappy because of the hassle.) > > Shipping DVDs via overnight mail might not be an issue for your clients, > but it sure ain’t cheap. And it’s a hassle for you. > > -David "The Tool Wiz" Schwartz > > > > On Sep 12, 2016, at 6:37 PM, Michael wrote: > > So the only way I'm going to get the file to them is to physically mail it > to them? I don't want to be responsible for hosting them. > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:33 PM, Anon Anon wrote: > >> Email is not the correct format for files that size. Host them on an >> external tool like a webserver or ftp server. >> >> On Sep 12, 2016 6:32 PM, "Michael" wrote: >> >>> I wrote this email to my email provider and would like to implore the >>> PLUG's brain-trust if they know of a way to do this incase my provider >>> laughs at me. >>> >>> Hi. I would like to discuss your limitation of only allowing an email to >>> be 25MB. I am a photographer and the images I send my clients totals to >>> around 127 MB. I've gotten around your limitation by sending the pictures >>> in multiple emails. Unfortunately that is no longer going to work due to >>> the fact that I am soon going to be producing videos for my clients. Videos >>> , as you may well know, are MUCH larger than photographs. The only way I >>> see a way around the 25MB limitation is to host the videos on an external >>> website (I'm thinking Google Drive) but I would really much rather give >>> them what they are paying me for. As such I would like for you to increase >>> the maximum allowed size for me. >>> >>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >