Techtips Vol1 – drop.io
Have you ever needed to email someone a large file (lets say over 10 mb for arguments sake). Do you know how to find the size of a file? On a Mac or PC you can typically right click on the file and choose “Get Info” or “properties”. Most email servers do not support emailing files over 15 mb and personally I don’t like to email anything over 5 mb. The email might bounce, or just slow down your ability to send and their ability to receive.
There is a website that can help with this, drop.io. drop.io gives you the ability to upload multiple large files. It is very easy.
- Go to drop.io
- Give your drop a name, under create a new drop name
- Click Select files, select the files you want to email
- Click the + under additional options to set a guest password and expiration for the drop
- Click on Create a Drop
- Enter a password
- Email your recipient the drop link you created in step 2
Features
- Password Protected, permission based drops (secure)
- Time limit to expiration of drop
- 100mb of storage for free per drop
- Repaces FTP
- drop faq
- Training video
- Some more key features
- RSS feeds, with rich enclosures
- Email notifications: knowing when a drop gets updated
- Facebook with drop.io
- Goole Analytics with drop.io