Subscribe Sun Ad. Picture files, spreadsheets, mp3s, CAD and other large documents are difficult and sometimes impossible to send via choked and slow e-mail servers that often reject any sizeable document, in some cases as small as 500kb. New Internet-based file transfer services, many of them free, can help solve this problem. WhaleMail allows a user to upload up to 75mb of files to a Web server, and then send e-mail to any person you'd like to receive them. Uploaded files are stored for a maximum of 14 days.
Users can send links to download up to four files in one e-mail.
For example, I recently used WhaleMail to send a friend an MPEG video file that was 8mb in size. I uploaded the file to the server, and sent an e-mail pickup message. The recipient only needed to open the mail and click on the provided download link to receive the file. If you have friends and relatives with whom you wish to share pictures, movies or other large files, this service can be extremely useful. Web designers, photographers and graphic artists will also find WhaleMail a help in easily sending work along to multiple clients.