On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 Or .. http://richard.jones.name/google-hacks/gmail-filesystem/gmail-filesystem.html _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
