Do they have an sdcard reader and are they savvy enough to understand how
to get the data off the card?
On Sep 12, 2016 8:01 PM, "Michael" <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> The whole video will fit on an sd card and that will fit in an envelope.
> Stick it in the mail and three days later they'll have it.
>
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Anon Anon <lokotejones@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> $2.99 for 50gb of storage on scale ways per month. Seems easy to me...?
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2016 7:22 PM, "David Schwartz" <newsletters@thetoolwiz.com>
>> 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/
>>> <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=tzJbcg2o-2FNh3kfIF32sRUXPljEItXMcqivfnkcL0p4esVnjIWKmEbfOXBEWSEHm5ZPVKJ4Ymp4XYMJ8s02ssx3YSPvqxNvn-2BAxTO-2F8BJ2EI-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeNuCW-2Ff2ZhYK0wP-2FD-2BsGFcBdCYNzuZdLgaID0v3fv4yUH49sSt-2FoTCOw7JI0EyspWqw4IMCCUKiNuFZ9YpY9HtcPFVkxP-2BF6Rj5VTaDZTtcsoxkbL9Yju7VFM7pbsrS1t45ZNgVvxbAOGIznAx1FGXmgdho1Z1HR2ndBPiHhm7X0-3D>
>>>
>>> One more that I’d suggest if you want to host something at your home or
>>> office:
>>>
>>> http://tonido.com
>>> <https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=wrxW7yd9X5Kwb4Gg1HqxdUbsWf8J30OpzA8V8siGMOU-3D_6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeNuCW-2Ff2ZhYK0wP-2FD-2BsGFcNWrcWTvN3oUf3i-2FyUovb3oh5S3BmwGD0dF9ctR92-2Fuk1Zg7mzrT0UYPCHyuC5AFcfWXupoWPGc0b-2BOWQGlNeYJTcA7SPgcacypaYqqWJpmPrIE6vxoWa-2BIJ6-2BZ1eP9yDds-2FaH-2F40o-2BHsKhfT8-2BXPok-3D>
>>>
>>> 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 <bmike1@gmail.com> 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 <lokotejones@gmail.com>
>>> 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" <bmike1@gmail.com> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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