[Ham-Mac] Tip of the Day: How to exchange large files - event to PC users

[Dick Kriss, AA5VU]

Very good comments from Jack.  The purpose of my posting was to share the
new (to me) free service offered at http://www.yousendit.com not to bash
.mac or even start a discussion of the pros/cons of .mac.  I just thought
the YouSendIt thing was kind of neat and the price is right.

The Apple .mac provides a nice service for a fee that is reasonable if you
really use it.  If you use it, its a good deal.  If you only use it for the
xxx at mac.com address, its a big waste of money.

73 Dick, AA5VU


On 8/13/05 3:09 PM, "Jack Brindle" <jackbrindle at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Sigh. This sounds like a good opportunity to learn a bit about web
> development. Most ISPs give their customers storage space for web
> pages and file storage for transfers. The solution might have been as
> simple as copying the file to you ISP-allocated storage site, telling
> the recipient the URL, then having him transfer the file down. Or
> even creating a small web site (using Apple's Pages, for example),
> for this purpose. An opportunity to learn is almost always good!
> 
> I also believe that there is a version of Stuffit for PCs that allows
> you to decode stuffed files and reassemble those that have been
> broken apart. Check out Allume's web site: http://www.stuffit.com/win/
> index.html for the PC/Windows software.
> 
> As for most MacOS X users being on .mac, I seriously doubt it. This
> was probably true back when it was free, but most of us have no need
> (or are too cheap) to give Apple $99 of our hard-earned money for
> this service.