# Photobucket for Zip files

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photobucket-for-zip-files/445514>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photobucket-for-zip-files/445514 "2008-04-15T23:15:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photobucket-for-zip-files/445514/1 "2008-04-15T23:15:47Z")

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Are there any services similar to photobucket that I can upload non-image files to?

My web server is currently dead and I need somewhere online to stick a couple of Zip files for distribution.

I’m not looking to host a website, just somewhere I can stash files and let people link into them.

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photobucket-for-zip-files/445514/2 "2008-04-16T00:23:47Z")

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If you have Gmail you can get a Firefox add on called [Gspace](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1593) that lets you use your empty Gmail storage as a file holding/sharing area and virtual FTP site.

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photobucket-for-zip-files/445514/3 "2008-04-16T06:14:27Z")

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Most ISPs provide a few hundred megs for webpages, files, etc. Take a look around their help section and see if you’ve got one already.

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**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photobucket-for-zip-files/445514/4 "2008-04-16T08:31:46Z")

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You could also try [www.rapidshare.com](http://www.rapidshare.com) - but be warned that file-sharing sites tend to host a lot of porn. You want to be careful with links.

A (small) collection of sites that allow free hosting can be found here:  
[http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On\_the\_Web/Web\_Applications/Storage/](http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Web_Applications/Storage/)

Also, Googling for “online file host” comes up with lots more - and for a small number of files, I doubt it matters much where you put them.

Gspace won’t actually help you much in this scenario because you want to allow other people to access the files - that only works if you’re willing to let them have your GMail password, which I hope is something you’re not inclined to do. 😉