On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:09 PM, John Jason Jordan<[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:00:01 -0700 > Bill Barry <[email protected]> dijo: > >> 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 > > I do have a gmail account, which I use for various purposes. But in > order to send to it from PSU I have to send through the PSU servers. > Plus, even 25 MB is sometimes not enough.
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