On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:58 PM, drew wymore<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 10:55 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I must use PSU's e-mail servers, even for my Comcast account, or I >> won't be able to send e-mail when I am on campus. >> >> Recent "upgrades" to the university e-mail system changed the maximum >> e-mail attachment from 20 MB to 8 MB. >> >> Side question 1: How does this benefit the university? Doesn't the >> entire e-mail and all its attachments merely pass through the >> university's computers? Am I correct in thinking that the 20 ~ 8 MB >> never resides on the university's servers? >> >> This is seriously annoying to me. I cannot get files from my professors >> because they are too big to pass through the university's e-mail >> system. >> >> As a workaround, I am looking for web-based file storage sites. All I >> have found so far are unacceptable. >> >> Does anyone know of such a site (free) that does not require an e-mail >> address so they can spam me forever with requests that I upgrade to a >> for-pay account? >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > John, > Gmail should work but .. barring that I can set up webdav or ftp on my box > in a pdx colo for you if you want. >
I second the gmail suggestion. You get an smtp server you can use from anywhere and you can use 25MB attachments Bill _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
