If you're uploading from a PC, you may use .rea instead of .readme. By adhering to these rules you can save a lot of beginners a lot of trouble. Use UNIX LhA to find out. Thanks for checking, you're saving us a lot of work. Files in there can not be listed, so you have to tell your partner the precise file name.
Files remain available at least one week, much longer in most cases.
Note that we don't give any warranties about the privacy of the files in there, encrypt them if you like.