# What's the easiest program or website I can use to send a 50MB file? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 10, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838 "2012-07-10T22:34:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/1 "2012-07-10T22:34:56Z")
I have a movie file that’s 50MB in size. Yahoo and Gmail won’t let me send it because it has a 25MB limit, even though Yahoo has this thing where you can attach large files but for some reason it doesn’t work. I’d like to be able to send this file, but my friend has Gmail too and I’m afraid that it won’t take the file even if I find a free email to send it. Is there someplace like Imageshack, where I can upload a 50MB file without any sign ups or creating a user name with an email then just point her to the URL and have her download it? ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/2 "2012-07-10T22:45:29Z")
[Mediafire.com](http://Mediafire.com)? [DropBox.com](http://DropBox.com)? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/3 "2012-07-10T22:58:03Z")
I use DropBox. Works great. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/4 "2012-07-10T23:03:51Z")
Another vote for dropbox. I sent several hundred megabyte files with it. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/5 "2012-07-10T23:12:03Z")
I have used DropBox but not extensively, is it fairly easy to transfer files from one person’s account to another? DropBox may be the best solution, but I’d also mention FTP sites are very powerful for this type of application. I have a simple FTP site that has around 350 GB of space on it and often use it to distribute files. It’s very easy if the other person has an FTP program installed, you can give them a temporary or guest account so they don’t get access to everything. Also generally FTP sites come with web hosting or virtual machine hosting, so you can even create a simple website that lets visitors download any file you wish as a link from a web link you can give them. I imagine DropBox is probably simpler than those things, but FTP is worth mentioning and is how I’ve been moving files around since the 1990s before the days of P2P file transfer and etc…I think for some applications it’s still a strong solution. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/6 "2012-07-10T23:22:54Z")
An envelope, a thumbdrive and a stamp? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/7 "2012-07-11T17:19:14Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I have used DropBox but not extensively, is it fairly easy to transfer files from one person’s account to another? What I do is upload to my Public folder then share the public link with whoever needs to get the file. It’s not public in a sense that it’s published and searchable, it’s just public in the sense that whoever accesses the file via the link doesn’t need a Dropbox account. Basically like a FTP account but you use the Dropbox software and people don’t need to figure out FTP. They just click a link. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/8 "2012-07-11T17:54:27Z")
> [@Martin\_Hyde](#): > > I have used DropBox but not extensively, is it fairly easy to transfer files from one person’s account to another? > > DropBox may be the best solution, but I’d also mention FTP sites are very powerful for this type of application. I have a simple FTP site that has around 350 GB of space on it and often use it to distribute files. It’s very easy if the other person has an FTP program installed, you can give them a temporary or guest account so they don’t get access to everything. Also generally FTP sites come with web hosting or virtual machine hosting, so you can even create a simple website that lets visitors download any file you wish as a link from a web link you can give them. > > I imagine DropBox is probably simpler than those things, but FTP is worth mentioning and is how I’ve been moving files around since the 1990s before the days of P2P file transfer and etc…I think for some applications it’s still a strong solution. Who is your FTP space provider, if you don’t mind me asking? I’m in the market. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/9 "2012-07-11T18:11:44Z")
Thanks guys, I’ll check out the suggestions ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/10 "2012-07-11T18:57:56Z")
Did anyone else read the title as asking about a \*\*SDMB \*\*file? ---
**Author:** ![kam31985](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@kam31985](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kam31985)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-easiest-program-or-website-i-can-use-to-send-a-50mb-file/627838/11 "2012-07-11T20:09:02Z")
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